Re: [Xen-users] Kubuntu Guest on CentOS5 host

[Paul Waldo <pwaldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately I have an older Xeon system that 
won't allow me to do Full Virt.
I used Qemu to install Feisty, but Qemu creates partitions within the 
disk image file, as if it were an entire disk.  As I understand Xen, 
this is not a format that Xen can read directly; what I want is for Qemu 
to write to a LVM volume.
Can you describe for me the steps you use for installing non-Red Hat 
distros?  Any tips for getting Feisty installed?  Thanks in advance!
Paul

Martin Goldstone wrote:
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> As PV guests require xen-enabled kernels, I'd suggest the best method
> for you to follow would be to install Feisty either as a HVM guest or
> using Qemu.  You could then download a xen enabled kernel/initrd (
> either store these in dom0 somewhere or use pygrub if you want to keep
> them inside the guest; I tend to prefer storing them in dom0. Don't
> forget to copy the modules into the guest's file system if neccessary),
> and create a new configuration to use that disk image in a PV guest with
> the xen-ified kernel you downloaded (you could probably get away with
> using the same kernel as you do in dom0, as long as its not only a dom0
> kernel (I think the kernel in the 3.1 binary can do both dom0 and domU))
>
> I find that virt-manager/virt-install work well for installing Fedora
> and RHEL based distros, but I think it relies on having an appropriate
> initrd that launches the install scripts, so if the distro in question
> doesn't provide this (in a location Xen knows about), it won't work.
> I've come across the same issue before, fortunately its fairly easy to
> get round.
>
> Mart
>
> Paul Waldo wrote:
>   
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have a CentOS5 host and I'm trying to install Kubuntu Feisty as a
> > paravirtualized guest.  I tried using virt-manager and mounting the
> > Feisty DVD via NFS.  Unfortunately, I got the error
> > "Invalid NFS location given: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> > '/var/lib/xen/xennfs.Pu9bAv/xen/vmlinuz'"
> > My understanding is that virt-manager is looking for a Xen kernel at the
> > install location in directory /xen.
> > So, is there any way to install a non-xen-enabled distro as a
> > paravirtualized guest?  Thanks for any help!
> >
> > Paul
> >
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