Hi all, I am trying to create a vm on xen.. I have used xm create configfile.. Initially, i had created a raw virtual disk (empty one). configfile kernel="/root/Desktop/vmlinuz" memory=1024 extra="fastboot" ramdisk="/root/Desktop/initrd.img" disk = [''tap:aio:/var/lib/xen/images/new.img,xvda,w''] name="newdom" #root="/dev/xvda1 ro" vif=[''ip=10.2.0.251''] #eth0=on And then i am prompted for interactive installation.. Here i want to know how to install os from iso files and also, on installing os by giving mirror locations and after that while partitioning i am getting error saying that there are no hard drives in my system.. Actually, i am running centos 5.5 (host os) inside vmware and trying to create a new vm (guest os - centos) on that..Kindly let me know what the issue is.. Thanks in advance. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Todd Deshane
2011-Feb-09 04:08 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] clarification with xen vm /guest creation
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Yamini L <lpyamini@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi all, > > I am trying to create a vm on xen.. > > I have used xm create configfile.. Initially, i had created a raw virtual > disk (empty one). > > configfile > > kernel="/root/Desktop/vmlinuz" > memory=1024 > extra="fastboot" > ramdisk="/root/Desktop/initrd.img" > disk = [''tap:aio:/var/lib/xen/images/new.img,xvda,w''] > name="newdom" > #root="/dev/xvda1 ro" > vif=[''ip=10.2.0.251''] > #eth0=on > > > And then i am prompted for interactive installation.. > > Here i want to know how to install os from iso files and also, on installing > os by giving mirror locations and after that while partitioning i am getting > error saying that there are no hard drives in my system.. >Some documentation available here: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Virtualization/chap-Virtualization-Virtualized_guest_installation_overview.html For CD or ISO-based installs you need an HVM guest. You can do network installs with PV guests. The document linked to should get you started. Hope that helps. Thanks, Todd _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users