Re: [Xen-users] Paravirtualization, new installation from cdrom

[Anthony Cosgrove <acosgrove@xxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Wild wrote:

> On Friday 05 May 2006 16:51, Rene Purcell wrote:
>  
>
> > Is it possible to do a fresh install from a cd in paravirtualization mode ?
> > just like the full virtualization, where you tell where's your iso and then
> > you boot and install the new OS
> >
> >    
> Can you not mount the domU's disk on the dom0, use yast2 dirinstall to install 
> all the necessary files and then start the domU? Once that has started you 
> can use yast from within the domU as per normal.
> Matthew
>  
Actually I was wondering the same thing... but I would not want to be 
restricted to yast. I would want to be able to use any distro CD or iso 
and be able to bootstrap a new environment (as if I had hit ctrl-alt-del 
on any other machine); more like how VMWare actually emulates the bios 
and begins a fresh boot process. It would make installation of things 
like mythtv or asterisk at home a whole lot easier but I imagine we 
would run into problems when the guest's instance of grub or lilo 
decides to try to write to the mbr.
At this point the only thing I could think could get you closest to it 
at this stage is to use the initrd images on these isos and hope the 
scripts don't barf on you.
Anthony

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