Hello, What is the simpliest way to run Redhat 7.3 server as CentOS 5 domU? I see that Xen emulates Intel PIIX ATA controller for HVM domUs but latest kernel of Redhat 7.3 (2.4.20-20.7smp) has no ata_piix kernel module yet. Is it possible to download it somewhere or there is another way? :) And I'd like to avoid reinstalling them with the new OS. Preferably they'd just die their own death in their little domUs. :) Regards, Mindaugas
Mindaugas Riauba wrote:> Hello, > > What is the simpliest way to run Redhat 7.3 server as CentOS 5 domU? > > I see that Xen emulates Intel PIIX ATA controller for HVM domUs but > latest kernel of Redhat 7.3 (2.4.20-20.7smp) has no ata_piix kernel > module yet. Is it possible to download it somewhere or there is > another way? :) > > And I'd like to avoid reinstalling them with the new OS. Preferably > they'd just die their own death in their little domUs. :)In case you don't get this to work, I've replaced a few of these good old boys with CentOS 3.x running under VMware server and everything pretty much continued to work as-is, even CIPE tunnels that went away in later releases. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mindaugas Riauba wrote:> Hello, > > What is the simpliest way to run Redhat 7.3 server as CentOS 5 domU?Run it under vmware. Redhat enterprise 2.1 has never been supported in RHEL's Xen. And RHEL 2.1 is based off of redhat 7.3 http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Virtualization_Guide/chap-Virtualization-Xen_restrictions_and_support.html http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=software&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=&productId=-1&datePosted=-1&partnerId[]=-1&os_bits=-1&os_use[]=16&os_name[]=Red+Hat+Enterprise+Linux&rorre=0 nate
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:43 AM, Mindaugas Riauba <ml at kilimas.com> wrote:> ?Hello, > > ?What is the simpliest way to run Redhat 7.3 server as CentOS 5 domU?Qemu would probably be your best bet for incompatible hardware. Since the red hat 7.3 is no longer supported and has lots of security issues you may be good to just update the kernel to something newer in the 2.4 series and play around with that.> ?I see that Xen emulates Intel PIIX ATA controller for HVM domUs but > latest kernel of Redhat 7.3 (2.4.20-20.7smp) has no ata_piix kernel > module yet. Is it possible to download it somewhere or there is > another way? :) > > ?And I'd like to avoid reinstalling them with the new OS. Preferably > they'd just die their own death in their little domUs. :)If they haven't died in 7 years.. they won't die on their own. [I mean I had someone try to get me to do 6.2 onto vmware last year.]> ?Regards, > > ?Mindaugas > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- Stephen J Smoogen. Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for? -- Robert Browning
Hello,> ?What is the simpliest way to run Redhat 7.3 server as CentOS 5 domU? > > ?I see that Xen emulates Intel PIIX ATA controller for HVM domUs but > latest kernel of Redhat 7.3 (2.4.20-20.7smp) has no ata_piix kernel > module yet. Is it possible to download it somewhere or there is > another way? :)Well I took kernel from CentOS3 (thanks for the idea) installed it into RH7.3 host and HVM started and seems to be working in test mode. Both disk and network seems to be working. What else could go wrong in such setup? Kernel changed minimally from 2.4.20-20.7 to 2.4.21-63. Mindaugas