HW = HPQ DC7700 DuoCore 1.8GHz, 4 x 2GB RAM, 1 x 1TB SATA (AHCI) OS = CentOS-5.2 ix_64 (xen) I am experimenting with Xen and with virtual machines in general for the first time. In consequence I have many questions. However, the one that I wish answered at the moment is simple: Given a DVD containing the CentOS-5.2_Final (i386) distribution mounted at /media/CentOS_5.2_Final on Dom0, what argument do I pass to the "Install Media URL" argument of the "Create a new virtual system" wizard" to install the 32 bit version of CentOS-5.2 onto a vm called test-1? I have tried things like: /media/CentOS_5.2_Final /media/CentOS_5.2_Final/images /media/CentOS_5.2_Final/images/diskboot.img etc. All attempts produce the same negative result. What URL is used to load the 32 bit OS from the dvd? I am a digest subscriber so the favour of a direct copy of any reply to the list is appreciated. Regards, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3
On Thu, October 9, 2008 09:47, James B. Byrne wrote:> HW = HPQ DC7700 DuoCore 1.8GHz, 4 x 2GB RAM, 1 x 1TB SATA (AHCI) > OS = CentOS-5.2 ix_64 (xen) > > I am experimenting with Xen and with virtual machines in general for the > first time. In consequence I have many questions. However, the one that > I wish answered at the moment is simple: > > Given a DVD containing the CentOS-5.2_Final (i386) distribution mounted at > /media/CentOS_5.2_Final on Dom0, what argument do I pass to the "Install > Media URL" argument of the "Create a new virtual system" wizard" to > install the 32 bit version of CentOS-5.2 onto a vm called test-1?Well, apparently you cannot do this at all for a paravitualized guest OS. One is required to build an installation tree for the guest OS on the host dom0 and then use ftp or some similar protocol to access it, which requires configuring vsftpd or apache. And I also read that xen is now out of favour with RedHat and that KVM, which does not apparently support paravirtualization is the new kid on the block. Does this mean that I sould not bother with investigating xen? In the meantime, since the link given in the VMM GUI help file for the example installation tree is defunct can some kind soul point me to a resource that describes how to build sucha thing from a CentOS-5.2 distro dvd? Regards, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3
James B. Byrne wrote on Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:47:13 -0400 (EDT):> Given a DVD containing the CentOS-5.2_Final (i386) distribution mounted at > /media/CentOS_5.2_Final on Dom0, what argument do I pass to the "Install > Media URL" argument of the "Create a new virtual system" wizard" to > install the 32 bit version of CentOS-5.2 onto a vm called test-1?Is that what you mean the Virtual Machine Manager?> /media/CentOS_5.2_Final> All attempts produce the same negative result. What URL is used to load > the 32 bit OS from the dvd?You need a *URL*, that is not a URL! You can either use http or ftp. nfs may work as well, don't know. There's a centos-virt list and there's a lot on virtualization on the wiki. Not sure if it would help you here, but it's worth reading! Kai -- Kai Sch?tzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com