On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 10:53:28AM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > On 17/10/2007, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 11:09:27AM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm trying to install Fedora 7 under Debian Etch running on Intel Xeon > > 3050 > > > (i.e. with hardware virtualization) and x86_64 kernel ( > > 2.6.18-4-xen-amd64) > > > with 4Gb RAM (the hardware supports up to 8Gb). > > > > > > I configured it this way: > > > > > > kernel = '/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader' > > > builder = 'linux' > > > > ^^^^^^^ > > > > This needs to be 'hvm' since the rest of your config file > > is for an HVM guest. > > > OK, thanks. > > > memory = '256' > > > name = 'fc7-01' > > > vif = ['type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'] > > > disk = ['phy:/dev/xen/fc7-01,ioemu:hda,w'] > > > cdrom = 'file://root/iso/fc7/x86_64/boot.iso' > > > device_model='/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/bin/qemu-dm' > > > ne2000='0' > > > boot='d' > > > sdl='1' > > > > > > Or you need to configure it to be a paravirt guest - ie point the 'kernel' > > param to the Xen kernel & get rid of the cdrom & device_model args. > > > Does this mean I have to get hold of a different kernel for FC7 which is > paravirtualized? Yes. > Can you help me find such a kernel or do I have to compile one myself? > Is this the "kernel-xen" package or is kernel-xen intended to be used for > Dom0 (i.e. when fc7 is the host, not the guest)? For the purposes of installing a brand new paravirt guest use the kernel and initrd files from the directory '$TREE/images/xen/', where $TREE is the mounted CDROM image, or Fedora HTTP download site. Once installation is complete, remove the kernel & ramdisk from the guest config and add bootloader="/usr/bin/pygrub" Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
