Subject: Re: [vserver] OpenSuSE 11.3 Guest on Debian Host
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:06:25 +0200

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 09:26:16AM +0200, Marc Brechbuehl wrote:
> Hi

> I'm trying to install a OpenSuSE 11.3 System on a Debian lenny hostsystem.

> I installed SuSE with yum as explained here:
> http://blog.bitfire.at/2008/01/how-to-install-opensuse-103-i586-in.html

> Then I changed the vserver.start and init Script as explained in the
> vserver Wiki (http://wiki.linux-vserver.org/SuseVserverHowTo#initscripts)

> When I try to start the vserver I'm getting the error

sounds like an util-vserver issue ...

> -----------
> # vserver vs-suse11 start
> Usage:  save_ctxinfo <VSERVER_DIR> <cmd> <args>*
> 
> An error occured while executing the vserver startup sequence; when
> there are no other messages, it is very likely that the init-script
> (/etc/rc.d/rc S) failed.
> 
> Common causes are:
> * /etc/rc.d/rc on Fedora Core 1 and RH9 fails always; the 'apt-rpm' build
>   method knows how to deal with this, but on existing installations,
>   appending 'true' to this file will help.
> 
> 
> Failed to start vserver 'vs-suse11'
> -----------

> The vserver itself works, as I'm already running two Debian guest
> systems.

kernel/patch and util-vserver version?

> Does someone has an idea or a solution?

usually replacing the broken util-vserver packages
from debian with a fresh install (built from source)
solves 90% of all (debian) issues, the remaining
10% are solved by replacing the broken kernels :)

HTH,
Herbert

> Thanks!
> 
> Marc.