All, I have just got my hands dirty on Xen and had a few questions. 1. Is it possible to connect virtual CD-ROM/Floppy devices to Xen. I don''t see such parameters on the web page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html#SECTION03210000000000000000 2. In the disk configuration, we specify how devices on the host appear inside the guest. Something like [phy:/dev/sda1,/dev/hda1,w''] means that the logical device /dev/sda1 appears as the logical device /dev/hda1 insode the Xen guest. Is it possible for Xen itself to detect the preexisting partitions (which we have created from domain 0) on the device we are trying to connect. Something like: [phy:/dev/sda,/dev/hda, ''w''], just mapping some device to a virtual physical device on guest. The ghuest OS be able to detect the partitions drawn on /dev/sda from domain 0 I tried but does''t seem to work. a. The device would appear as /dev/hda0 and not as /dev/hda. b. fdisk even shows the partitions on the /dev/hda0, but /dev file system doesn''t have any corresponding devices. Essentially, we seem to be talking more on the logical drives on the guest (a higher level abstraction when compared to full virtualization as VMware or virtual PC would do). Looking forward to replies. Arijit _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thu, 26 May 2005, Arijit Ganguly wrote:> Is it possible for Xen itself to detect the preexisting partitions > (which we have created from domain 0) on the device we are trying > to connect. Something like: > > [phy:/dev/sda,/dev/hda, ''w''], just mapping some device to a virtual > physical device on guest. The ghuest OS be able to detect the > partitions drawn on /dev/sda from domain 0 I tried but does''t seem > to work.http://bugzilla.xensource.com/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43> a. The device would appear as /dev/hda0 and not as /dev/hda. > b. fdisk even shows the partitions on the /dev/hda0, but /dev file system > doesn''t have any corresponding devices.It does seem to find the first partition, just doesnt scan for any others. I''d like to be able to assign whole disks to domU''s and have domU''s handle partitioning particularly so that Linux extX fs labels aren''t visible to the dom0. And to simplify management of disks. regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: If you find a solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Since Xen has trouble identifying all partitions on a virtual disk, what does it do about the swap partition (if present on the virtual disk). Does that need to be specified explicitly in the configuration option? Arijit On 5/26/05, Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie> wrote:> > On Thu, 26 May 2005, Arijit Ganguly wrote: > > > Is it possible for Xen itself to detect the preexisting partitions > > (which we have created from domain 0) on the device we are trying > > to connect. Something like: > > > > [phy:/dev/sda,/dev/hda, ''w''], just mapping some device to a virtual > > physical device on guest. The ghuest OS be able to detect the > > partitions drawn on /dev/sda from domain 0 I tried but does''t seem > > to work. > > http://bugzilla.xensource.com/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43 > > > a. The device would appear as /dev/hda0 and not as /dev/hda. > > b. fdisk even shows the partitions on the /dev/hda0, but /dev file > system > > doesn''t have any corresponding devices. > > It does seem to find the first partition, just doesnt scan for any > others. > > I''d like to be able to assign whole disks to domU''s and have domU''s > handle partitioning particularly so that Linux extX fs labels aren''t > visible to the dom0. And to simplify management of disks. > > regards, > -- > Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A > Fortune: > If you find a solution and become attached to it, the solution may become > your next problem. >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
JIT LEISHANGTHEM
2005-May-27 22:58 UTC
[Xen-users] how to install a comeplete guest OS from a CD
hi I was wodering how to install a whole guest OS by booting off from the CDROM as in VMware. I did install a debian base system using debootstrap. But what if i want to install Fedora Core. I created the diskimages for "/" and swap as given in the XEN manual using dd. regards'' JIT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I use file backed, but here''s what i do for swap.. disk [''file:/XEN/images/CentOS-4.0.img,sda1,w'',''file:/XEN/images/swapfile.img,sda2,w''] then in the xenU''s fstab, make the appropriate swap entry. /dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 I would think you''d just have to adjust the file: line to your setup. Hope that helps some. John> Since Xen has trouble identifying all partitions on a virtual disk, what > does it do about the swap partition (if present on the virtual disk). Does > that need to be specified explicitly in the > configuration option? > > Arijit > > On 5/26/05, Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie> wrote: >> >> On Thu, 26 May 2005, Arijit Ganguly wrote: >> >> > Is it possible for Xen itself to detect the preexisting partitions >> > (which we have created from domain 0) on the device we are trying >> > to connect. Something like: >> > >> > [phy:/dev/sda,/dev/hda, ''w''], just mapping some device to a virtual >> > physical device on guest. The ghuest OS be able to detect the >> > partitions drawn on /dev/sda from domain 0 I tried but does''t seem >> > to work. >> >> http://bugzilla.xensource.com/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43 >> >> > a. The device would appear as /dev/hda0 and not as /dev/hda. >> > b. fdisk even shows the partitions on the /dev/hda0, but /dev file >> system >> > doesn''t have any corresponding devices. >> >> It does seem to find the first partition, just doesnt scan for any >> others. >> >> I''d like to be able to assign whole disks to domU''s and have domU''s >> handle partitioning particularly so that Linux extX fs labels aren''t >> visible to the dom0. And to simplify management of disks. >> >> regards, >> -- >> Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A >> Fortune: >> If you find a solution and become attached to it, the solution may >> become >> your next problem. >> > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Marius Hårstad Kjerkreit
2005-May-28 07:45 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] how to install a comeplete guest OS from a CD
I suppose you would simply set up the domU to load the same kernel image and initrd as isolinux does from the cd. You''ll also have to make the cd available to the dom somehow. regards, -Marius On 28/05/05, JIT LEISHANGTHEM <jleishan@yahoo.com> wrote:> hi > I was wodering how to install a whole guest OS by > booting off from the CDROM as in VMware. I did install > a debian base system using debootstrap. But what if i > want to install Fedora Core. I created the diskimages > for "/" and swap as given in the XEN manual using dd. > > regards'' > JIT_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> I''d like to be able to assign whole disks to domU''s and have > domU''s handle partitioning particularly so that Linux extX fs > labels aren''t visible to the dom0. And to simplify management > of disks.I thought Vincent had this working again (it needed to be ported from 2.4 to 2.6). Have you tried Xen 2.0.6 or the unstable tree? Thanks, Ian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Sat, 28 May 2005, Ian Pratt wrote:> I thought Vincent had this working again (it needed to be ported > from 2.4 to 2.6). > > Have you tried Xen 2.0.6 or the unstable tree?This was with ''unstable'' as provided by the packages in the FC4 development tree. regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone. -- Pyrrhus _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Sat, 28 May 2005, Ian Pratt wrote:> Have you tried Xen 2.0.6 or the unstable tree?I just tried with the latest FC4dev xenU kernel: Linux version 2.6.11-1.1363_FC4xenU (bhcompile@porky.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.0.0 20050519 (Red Hat 4.0.0-8)) #1 SMP Wed May 25 20:20:47 EDT 2005 still the same: xen_blk: Initialising virtual block device driver hda:<6>xen_net: Initialising virtual ethernet driver. hda1 < > disk = [ ''phy:VG01/dom_allevil_lv,hda,w''] #disk = [ ''phy:VG01/dom_allevil_lv,hda,w'', # ''phy:mapper/dom_allevil_lv1,hda1,w'', # ''phy:mapper/dom_allevil_lv2,hda2,w'', # ''phy:mapper/dom_allevil_lv5,hda5,w'' ] If I reverse the commenting of above ''disk'' entries, it works. regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: To thine own self be true. (If not that, at least make some money.) _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 07:51:47PM +0100, Ian Pratt wrote:> > I''d like to be able to assign whole disks to domU''s and have > > domU''s handle partitioning particularly so that Linux extX fs > > labels aren''t visible to the dom0. And to simplify management > > of disks. > > I thought Vincent had this working again (it needed to be ported from > 2.4 to 2.6).it definitely used to worked. I''ll try with latest unstable -- Vincent Hanquez _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Martin Maney
2005-May-30 02:26 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] how to install a comeplete guest OS from a CD
On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 09:45:40AM +0200, Marius H?rstad Kjerkreit wrote:> I suppose you would simply set up the domU to load the same kernel > image and initrd as isolinux does from the cd. You''ll also have to > make the cd available to the dom somehow.The problem is that the installation kernel is going to expect to have a normal PC''s hardware at its command and knows nothing about Xen''s paravirtualization. Likewise the hardware detection routines & so forth. Come the day we have VT or Pacifica CPUs maybe this trick can be made to work within Xen''s scope.> On 28/05/05, JIT LEISHANGTHEM <jleishan@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I was wodering how to install a whole guest OS by > > booting off from the CDROM as in VMware. I did install > > a debian base system using debootstrap. But what if i > > want to install Fedora Core. I created the diskimages > > for "/" and swap as given in the XEN manual using dd.Scope out Progeny''s rpmstrap, which alleges to do for Fedora Core 2, FC3, and CentOS4 what debootstrap has long done for Debian. I just added that to my scratchpad http://www.two14.net/xen/InstallingGuests after reading about it in an earlier post. In another week or two I''ll have time once again to play with Xen and transfer that and any other material that''s still relevant over to the official Wiki. -- Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I''ll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems -- Jamie Zawinski _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users