Configuration is as follows Hardware Sun X2200 Xen-unstable virt-manager : 0.4.0 I am able to successfully run RHEL 3.0 update 5 as DomU in fully virtualized mode when i try creating a VM using virt-manager in paravirtualized mode i get the following errors Unable to complete install 'exceptions.OSError [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/xen/virtinstmnt.O_oVgK' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 677, in do_install dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 645, in start_install tmpfiles = self._prepare_install_location(meter) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/ParaVirtGuest.py", line 65, in _prepare_install_location (kernelfn,initrdfn,args) = DistroManager.acquireKernel(self.location, meter, scratchdir=self.scratchdir, type=self.type) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 562, in acquireKernel if not fetcher.prepareLocation(progresscb): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 106, in prepareLocation self.mntdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="virtinstmnt.", dir=self.scratchdir) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/tempfile.py", line 328, in mkdtemp _os.mkdir(file, 0700) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/xen/virtinstmnt.O_oVgK' i checked for directory /var/lib/xen it is missing i could see /var/lib/xend though regards Satya