On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 02:39:00PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> 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
>
okay made the changes to xvba & xvbb, went forward with the rhel5 install, it
wants to partition up the drives. which I let it do in its default way - which
means I have a /boot, pv1, pv2.
From the host machine how can I get to /boot for the vmlinux and the initrd?
I am presuming I need these to insert into my xen config file !
>
> >
> > > 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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