xen shares a problem with a lot of python installers: if you build the xen on a file system mounted with root squash, the install fails: if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map -b / -r 2.6.16.13-xen; fi make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/rminnich/src/xen-3.0-testing.hg/linux-2.6.16.13-xen'' make -C linux-2.6.16.13-xen ARCH=i386 INSTALL_PATH=/ vmlinuz make[3]: Entering directory `/home/rminnich/src/xen-3.0-testing.hg/linux-2.6.16.13-xen'' rm: cannot remove `.kernelrelease'': Permission denied make[3]: *** [.kernelrelease] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/rminnich/src/xen-3.0-testing.hg/linux-2.6.16.13-xen'' make[2]: *** [build] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/rminnich/src/xen-3.0-testing.hg'' make[1]: *** [linux-2.6-xen-install] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rminnich/src/xen-3.0-testing.hg'' make: *** [install-kernels] Error 1 This is a particularly annoying attribute of many python install tools, that you can''t run it as root and you can''t NOT run it as root. I don''t know how this ought to be fixed, but note that (e.g.) linux install gets this one right. thanks ron _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel