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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] help launching a Centos 5.5 Xen PV guest on an OpenSuse 11.2 Dom0 host ?
hi, On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Mark Pryor <tlviewer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You are mixing HVM and PV type installs. surprised at that -- as it's similar, though admittedly not identical, to the way in which I launch my Opensuse DomUs. more to learn ... > I take it for granted that you prefer PV type, yep. > so lets remove the HVM hybrid entries. > > You might be surprised to find out that the C5.5 netinstall ISO is > equivalent to using the xen aware boot files (vmlinuz, initrd) that you > D/L'd separately. wasn't sure what the netinstall cont'd -- so DL'd to be sure. good, then. > So you can ditch any mention of hdc or cdrom. a bit confused. how/where do I inform the install where the installer .iso is, and how it's available? is the presence of kernel= ... ramdisk= ... extra='... method=http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.5/os/x86_64 ...' sufficient to get to the installer? > The disk line with xvdc should be changed - xvdc is reserved (IIRC). reserved in/by/for Centos? i've been using xvdc for opensuse guests for ages. simply skip xvds, then, and use xvdd instead? > boot = 'd' is HVM only (remove) hm. again, have used that for PV clients for awhile. need to read up. >> 'file:/home/xen/centos55/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-netinstall.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', > ^--- remove this line done > #boot = 'd' done >> @ >> >> xm create -c /home/xen/centos_install.cfg >> >> starts ok, but then hangs, > > try it again with the changes. You will get the askmethod menu by virtue of > the boot files. unfortunately, hangs at the same point ... ... Initalizing network drop monitor service Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 483k ... _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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