Xen users - Feb 2008 - Any luck with SLES9 HVM install?

Anyone managed to get a SLES9-SP4 HVM installed? I''ve been going round 
in circles for hours with this one.

What I''ve found out:

1 - I can''t install from an emulated cdrom. The installer does boot
from
the cdrom, but later gives up, saying that it can''t find the install
CD.
I''ve done all sorts of messing around with virsh and the qemu monitor, 
but no luck.

There''s not much on Google about this, but there''s one related
fix at
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2006-09/msg00322.html, 
which doesn''t work for me.

2 - Network install #1:

manual install -> start installation or update -> network -> http

give the error message: "no network device found. Load a network module 
first".

3 - Network install #2:

On the first install page, I selected ''Installation'', and
entered
"install=http://192.168.1.45/" (my server address) in the boot options
box. ''system information -> kernel messages'' confirms that
the link is
up and eth0 is Ok. If I go through the first few install steps, setting 
IP addresses and so on, I eventually get a ''404 not found''
error when
the installer tries to get to the server. However, a browser on Dom0 
correctly shows the contents of the first CD when pointed at the same file.

4 - hard drive install:

I modded the config file to export the ISO file as hdd, as well as 
hdc:cdrom. This seems to get fairly close - the kernel can see hdd, and 
the installer does seem to mount it, but it won''t go any further. I 
guess I would need to ''mount -o loop'' the ISO file myself
before
starting installation to go any further with this.

Any ideas?

Thanks -

Evan


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Evan Lavelle wrote:
> Anyone managed to get a SLES9-SP4 HVM installed? I''ve been going
round
> in circles for hours with this one.
> 
> What I''ve found out:
> 
> 1 - I can''t install from an emulated cdrom. The installer does
boot from
> the cdrom, but later gives up, saying that it can''t find the
install CD.
> I''ve done all sorts of messing around with virsh and the qemu
monitor,
> but no luck.
Fixed; not Xen''s fault. I got out ettercap to find out why the
installer
was getting a 404 error when talking to the server. It turned out it was 
asking for /boot/root, which isn''t on the SLES-9 SP4 ISO. The ISO is 
bootable, but it''s not the install CD... you have to boot on the SP4
CD,
and when it asks for ''CD1'', you have to put in the original
SLES 9
CD(s). D''uh.

6 base CDs, 4 service pack CDs, and 4 SDK CDs, to get a usable system, 
which everyone else has managed to fit on one DVD...

Evan

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