Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:34:54PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> ==============
> cat rhel5-x86_64.cfg
> ==============
> #
> #  Kernel + memory size
> #
> kernel      = '/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/vmlinuz'
> ramdisk     = '/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/initrd.img'
> memory      = '128'
> 
> #
> #  Disk device(s).
> #
> root        = '/dev/sda1 ro'

This is redundant (&wrong) when booting off the vmlinux & initrd.img
for purposes of installation. The initrd contains sets up the root
filesystem in a ramdisk for the install.

> disk        = [ 'phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-disk,sda,w', 
> 'phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-swap,sdb,w']

Better off using xvda & xvdb there

> I have downloaded the RHEL 5 x86_64 cds, loop mounted disk 1, I have taken 
> off 
> the /isolinux/{initrd.img,vmlinux} and /images/xen/{initrd.img,vmlinux} files

The ones in isolinux/ are for bare metal, so you always ned the /images/xen 
files for doing paravirt installs.

Regards,
Dan.
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