On 04/18/2009 12:22 AM, R P Herrold wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, Ed Heron wrote: > > >> I don't see a How To, on this wiki, specifically designed to address the >> task of creating a Microsoft Windows XP virtual machine as a Xen guest under >> CentOS 5. Many of the concepts are covered in >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/InstallingHVMDomU, but it appears to leave >> some things to the reader. >> > > People -- this is NOT rocket science, and not undocumented. > > WHY are we building maintenance load? What is wrong with the > virtualization documentation we already ship? I know I file > bugs upstream on xen and libvirt, but no one participating on > this thread here has so far as I can see; if there is a > problem of lack of clarity, the answer is NOT to write yet > more non-authoritative doco first > > This works out of the box already. I am against such a new > page, as it represents maintenance load to no good end that I > have heard. > > The thread wandered off topic almost at once. I think this > shows that it is not needed, as expereince sharing 'started' > Please move non -docs stuff to the centos-virt ML > > I use this minimal script ... prep with a: > > dd an install WinXP ISO to a location > > [root at centos-5 bin]# ls /var/lib/xen/ISOs > cd.iso openfiler-2.2-x86-disc1.iso Windows-keys > cinch-3.0.0-rc8.i386.iso win-2000pro.iso win-XPpro.iso > debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso win-98.iso > [root at centos-5 bin]# > > mkdir /var/lib/xen/ISOs > dd if=/dev/hdc of=WinXP.iso > > and run this [almost all of which is man page repetition]. It > is really a shell one liner, once the arguments are right > > [root at centos-5 bin]# cat install-windows.sh > #!/bin/sh > # > # from the man page > # > # NAME="win-2000" > ISODIR="/var/lib/xen/ISOs" > # > # inventory available images > WIN_IMAGES="" > for i in `cd $ISODIR ; ls -1 win* | sed -e "s/.iso$//g"` ; do > export WIN_IMAGES=`echo "$WIN_IMAGES $i"` > done > [ "x$1" = "x" ] && { > echo "Usage: $0 (arg)" 1>&2 > echo " where arg is one of: $WIN_IMAGES" 1>&2 > exit 1 > } > export NAME=`echo "$1"` > [ "x$NAME" = "x" ] && { > echo "Error: NAME is empty " 1>&2 > exit 1 > } > # > # can we see the install ISO > ISO=`echo "$ISODIR/$NAME.iso" ` > [ ! -e $ISODIR/$NAME.iso ] && { > echo "Error: cannot see: $ISODIR/$NAME.iso " 1>&2 > exit 1 > } > # > IMAGEDIR="/var/lib/xen" > IMG=`echo "$IMAGEDIR/$NAME.img"` > # > CONFIGS="/etc/xen" > # > # clean out any prior image > [ -e $IMG ] && rm -f $IMG > [ -e $CONFIGS/$NAME ] && rm -f $CONFIGS/$NAME > virt-install -n $NAME \ > -r 512 -vcpus=1 \ > -s 8 -f $IMG \ > -b xenbr0 \ > --vnc --accelerate \ > -v \ > -c $ISO \ > --os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k > # > cat - << END > /dev/null > > -n name > -r ram > -s image size in G > -f filename (and location) for the image file > -b bridge network device (deprecated) > try: -w bridge:xenbr0 > -v FULL virt > -c boot and install image location or name > > END > [root at centos-5 bin]# > > For ceonvenience;s sake, I then add the ISO image to the > config file > > [root at centos-5 xen]# cat win-XPpro > name = "win-XPpro" > uuid = "86694f27-22af-e945-a4cb-b5b32cedb8b6" > maxmem = 512 > memory = 512 > vcpus = 1 > builder = "hvm" > kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" > boot = "c" > pae = 1 > acpi = 0 > apic = 0 > localtime = 1 > on_poweroff = "destroy" > on_reboot = "restart" > on_crash = "restart" > device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" > usbdevice = "tablet" > sdl = 0 > vnc = 1 > vncunused = 1 > disk = [ "file:/var/lib/xen/win-XPpro.img,hda,w", > ",hdc:cdrom,r", > "file:/var/lib/xen/ISOs/win-XPpro.iso,hdd:cdrom,r" ] > vif = [ "mac=00:16:3e:01:f4:a7,bridge=xenbr0" ] > serial = "pty" > [root at centos-5 xen]# > and for it's worth, XP SP3 + ALL the updates that windows updates wanted to installed worked just fine for me using stock C5.2, only major differences compared to Russ's config being acpi=apic=1 ( minus the fact that I was not able to find the magic which would have made the parallel port directly accessible ). I have not used any other doc but the manual ( http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Virtualization/sect-Virtualization-Guest_operating_system_installation_processes-Installing_a_Windows_XP_Guest_as_a_fully_virtualized_guest.html )
