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

[Alex Samad <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 02:39:15PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> 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.
got rid of 

> 
> > disk        = [ 'phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-disk,sda,w', 
> > 'phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-swap,sdb,w']
> 
> Better off using xvda & xvdb there

I am presuming you mean change sda & sdb with xvda xvdb

tried that 

i captured this of the console during the rhel boot up
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712                                 
                                                               
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51728                                 
                                                               
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0                                     
                                                               

> 
> > 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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