Robert Story <rstory-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:28:42 +0200 Markus wrote: > MA> Robert Story <rstory-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > MA> > Anyone got any tips on getting a fc5 domU to load on a rhel dom0? I've been > MA> > MA> Doesn't virt-install just work? > > I'm trying to get an existing domU from fc5 to load on rhel, not create a new > one. > > MA> > Based on some googling, I made a custom initrd image with '--with xenblk > MA> > --preload xenblk', but it didn't help any.. Any hints greatly appreciated... > MA> > MA> How did you install the PAE kernel? With rpm in the domU? > > I mounted the domU fs in the dom0, copied in the rpm, did a chroot, and rpm -i. > > I finally got it working... turns out that the chroot was the problem.. once I > did the mkinitrd w/out the chroot (pointed at the domU fstab), things started > going a lot more smoothly... > > So, the good news is that I got it working... the bad news seems to be that > everytime I want to update the domU kernel, I have to install it, shut down > the domU, loop mount domU, create custom initrd and reboot. Rinse and > repeat for each fc5 domU. If anyone has a way that this can be done within the > domU so I can automate it w/out having to go to the dom0, that would be great.. I update my domUs by running rpm (actually yum) in the domU. Works fine for me. -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
