Just installed eucalyptus-cloud on a fully-separated topology:

15:36:40 ERROR [ServiceDispatchBootstrapper:main] Ignoring the error that occured: com.eucalyptus.ws.ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.load:105
15:36:40 ERROR [Exceptions:main] java.util.NoSuchElementException: Missing entry for component 'walrus' info type: Component (com.eucalyptus.component.Component
java.util.NoSuchElementException: Missing entry for component 'walrus' info type: Component (com.eucalyptus.component.Component
        at com.eucalyptus.component.Components.lookup(Components.java:98)
        at com.eucalyptus.component.Components.lookup(Components.java:110)
        at com.eucalyptus.ws.ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.load(ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.java:103)
        at com.eucalyptus.bootstrap.Bootstrap$Stage.load(Bootstrap.java:93)
        at com.eucalyptus.bootstrap.SystemBootstrapper.load(SystemBootstrapper.java:129)
15:36:40 ERROR [ServiceDispatchBootstrapper:main] Ignoring the error that occured: com.eucalyptus.ws.ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.load:105
15:36:40 ERROR [Exceptions:main] java.util.NoSuchElementException: Missing entry for component 'storage' info type: Component (com.eucalyptus.component.Component
java.util.NoSuchElementException: Missing entry for component 'storage' info type: Component (com.eucalyptus.component.Component
        at com.eucalyptus.component.Components.lookup(Components.java:98)
        at com.eucalyptus.component.Components.lookup(Components.java:110)
        at com.eucalyptus.ws.ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.load(ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.java:103)
        at com.eucalyptus.bootstrap.Bootstrap$Stage.load(Bootstrap.java:93)
        at com.eucalyptus.bootstrap.SystemBootstrapper.load(SystemBootstrapper.java:129)
15:36:46 ERROR [SystemConfiguration:1727693667@qtp-941762215-8] com.eucalyptus.util.EucalyptusCloudException: Error locating information for [SystemConfiguration id=-1 cloudHost=null defaultKernel=null defaultRamdisk=null registrationId=null maxUserPublicAddresses=null doDynamicPublicAddresses=null systemReservedPublicAddresses=null dnsDomain=null nameserver=null nameserverAddress=null]
com.eucalyptus.util.EucalyptusCloudException: Error locating information for [SystemConfiguration id=-1 cloudHost=null defaultKernel=null defaultRamdisk=null registrationId=null maxUserPublicAddresses=null doDynamicPublicAddresses=null systemReservedPublicAddresses=null dnsDomain=null nameserver=null nameserverAddress=null]
        at com.eucalyptus.entities.EntityWrapper.getUnique(EntityWrapper.java:138)
        at edu.ucsb.eucalyptus.cloud.entities.SystemConfiguration.getSystemConfiguration(SystemConfiguration.java:257)
        at edu.ucsb.eucalyptus.admin.server.Registration.getRegistrationId(Registration.java:142)
        at edu.ucsb.eucalyptus.admin.server.Registration.doGet(Registration.java:148)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:390)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:418)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:230)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.rewrite.RewriteHandler.handle(RewriteHandler.java:230)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:542)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:926)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:549)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:212)
        at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404)
        at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:410)
        at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582)
15:36:58 ERROR [ServiceDispatchBootstrapper:main] Ignoring the error that occured: com.eucalyptus.ws.ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.load:105
15:36:58 ERROR [Exceptions:main] java.util.NoSuchElementException: Missing entry for component 'walrus' info type: Component (com.eucalyptus.component.Component
java.util.NoSuchElementException: Missing entry for component 'walrus' info type: Component (com.eucalyptus.component.Component
        at com.eucalyptus.component.Components.lookup(Components.java:98)
        at com.eucalyptus.component.Components.lookup(Components.java:110)
        at com.eucalyptus.ws.ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.load(ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.java:103)
        at com.eucalyptus.bootstrap.Bootstrap$Stage.load(Bootstrap.java:93)
        at com.eucalyptus.bootstrap.SystemBootstrapper.load(SystemBootstrapper.java:129)
15:36:58 ERROR [ServiceDispatchBootstrapper:main] Ignoring the error that occured: com.eucalyptus.ws.ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.load:105
15:36:58 ERROR [Exceptions:main] java.util.NoSuchElementException: Missing entry for component 'storage' info type: Component (com.eucalyptus.component.Component
java.util.NoSuchElementException: Missing entry for component 'storage' info type: Component (com.eucalyptus.component.Component
        at com.eucalyptus.component.Components.lookup(Components.java:98)
        at com.eucalyptus.component.Components.lookup(Components.java:110)
        at com.eucalyptus.ws.ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.load(ServiceDispatchBootstrapper.java:103)
        at com.eucalyptus.bootstrap.Bootstrap$Stage.load(Bootstrap.java:93)
        at com.eucalyptus.bootstrap.SystemBootstrapper.load(SystemBootstrapper.java:129)


And eucalyptus-cloud stays running. I am now installing the other components, but it does sound promising.