[Xen-users] Installing PV image from CDROM

[J Newbie <j_nwb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can anyone please guide here.

Thanks
-nb


--- On Tue, 12/2/08, J Newbie <j_nwb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: J Newbie <j_nwb@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Fw: Re: [Xen-users] Installing PV image from CDROM
> To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "xen-users" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 12:04 AM
> Thanks Todd, I am forwarding it to the developer list.
> 
> Would anyone from the developer list have any comment or
> ideas/workarounds on getting this to work ? 
> 
> Also, is there a reasonable standard way of
> getting/creating the required kerenel and ramdisk that would
> work for most distros.
> 
> Thanks
> -nb
> 
> --- On Sun, 11/30/08, Todd Deshane
> <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: Todd Deshane <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Installing PV image from
> CDROM
> > To: j_nwb@xxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: "xen-users"
> <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 4:03 PM
> > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 6:35 PM, J Newbie
> > <j_nwb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Thanks Todd.
> > >
> > > Could you please elaborate a bit more about what
> is
> > wrong with CDROM ?
> > >
> > 
> > In vanilla Xen, as far as I know you can't use a
> CDROM
> > directly yet.
> > 
> > The closest that I have seen is:
> >
> http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=pv%20grub%20questions#query:pv%20grub%20questions+page:1+mid:cfyspt5vf3nj3thf+state:results
> > 
> > Open Solaris can install a PV guest from a CD or ISO I
> > believe.
> > 
> > > Also,
> > > * I am ready to recreate/update initrd if
> required.
> > > * Any specific changes in Xen ? What version of
> Xen
> > would this work on ? What type of change was made ?
> > 
> > I believe it is intended to work in the future,
> especially
> > with
> > distros like Fedora that, as of the latest Fedora 10,
> or
> > possibly a
> > bit earlier, are using Xen guest (domU) enabled
> kernels as
> > the default
> > distro kernel.
> > 
> > > * What xen drivers are available for use with PV
> VMs ?
> > >
> > A decent sense of the PV options available can be
> found at:
> > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps
> > 
> > >
> > > I searched the archive for cdrom parvirtualized,
> pv
> > etc.. but no good hit.
> > >
> > The one above is one of the best. I forgot to mention
> about
> > the xen-discuss
> > list of Solaris Xen.
> > 
> > You could try to get them to work on the PVGRUB bug(s)
> to
> > get it to work
> > or you could settle on using the localhost mirror
> setup of
> > it see:
> >
> http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx/msg02144.html
> > 
> > Hope that helps.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Todd
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Todd Deshane
> > http://todddeshane.net
> > http://runningxen.com
> > 
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