On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 17:53 +0900, Eredicator X wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ian Kent <ikent@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Eredicator X <eredicator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, June 5, 2006 5:29:32 PM GMT+0900 > Subject: Re: [Fedora-xen] FC4 on a FC5 Xen System > > On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 14:41 +0900, Eredicator X wrote: > > I am trying to install a FC4 domain on my Xen FC5 system that has several FC5 domains already running well. > > > > I get through the install questions and then am told that my url is invalid. I thought it was my tree so I made another ... then tested that with a FC4 install on a separate box and it works fine. I don't see any hints in the logs and if I switch to my FC5 tree the install takes off with out a problem. > > > > Can anyone point me to a tutorial or some reference for this.... I have googled around quite a bit and not found anything at this time...... > > I posted a similar question as well but with a slightly different view. > > I bet you'll find that your build tree doesn't have an > images/xen/vmlinux or an images/xen/initrd.img (unless you've built > them). Then there's the problem that an FC4 tree doesn't (usually) have > a domU kernel either. > > If they were there, such as with Rawhide, then it still fails to start > the install without any apparent clues in the log as far as I can see. > At least that's my experience. > > Anyone willing to describe the process to build the boot kernel and init > ramdisk and a domU kernel for FC4? > > Anyone know why the boot kernel and init ramdisk image in the Rawhide > tree doesn't seem to work from FC5? > > Ian > > > Thanks Ian for making my request a little clearer.... I simply need to have a FC4 box so I can continue to use my current mail server and cut down on power consumption by combining boxes. This runs at my house and I pay the electric bill :(. > > I have seen posts on the Xen users list where people are running multiple os's cent debian ect. on thier Xen servers, so it is possible, I just need the how. > > Thanks again and any imput is appreciated. As far as I can see (and I've just started poking around with Xen) running an unmodified OS needs a CPU with hardware vitalization support. This article seems to have a bunch of info. http://lwn.net/Articles/182080/ Ian
