Shweta Kumari, Noida
2007-Feb-26 10:24 UTC
[Xen-users] FC6 DomU creation using virt-install
Hi, We had been trying to building a Fedora Guest System using `virt-install`. It requires install location as input. Can someone help us in procedure of creating a Fedora Core 6 installation tree in the format used by anaconda such as NFS, FTP, and HTTP on our local network? We have FC6 installation available as FC6 CD''s. We are running 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen kernel. Thanks in advance, Shweta Kumari DISCLAIMER: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. It shall not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of the author of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any mail and attachments please check them for viruses and defect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Daniel P. Berrange
2007-Feb-27 14:07 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] FC6 DomU creation using virt-install
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 03:54:08PM +0530, Shweta Kumari, Noida wrote:> > Hi, > > We had been trying to building a Fedora Guest System using > `virt-install`. > > It requires install location as input. Can someone help us in procedure > of creating a Fedora Core 6 installation tree in the format used by > anaconda such as NFS, FTP, and HTTP on our local network?The tool expects the install tree to be in the same format as you would setup an install tree for Anaconda to do a network based install. eg, you basically want to replicate the structure seen under the primary download site for a Fedora distribution. eg FC6 x86_64: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/x86_64/os/> We have FC6 installation available as FC6 CD''s.Given the CDs, you need to copy the contents of all 5 CDs into a single merged directory tree - to make a structure that looks same as the one at the above URL. If you have the DVD image then its even simpler - there is no multiple-disk merge - just export the contents of the DVD via NFS or HTTP. Regards, Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Shweta Kumari, Noida
2007-Feb-28 09:58 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] FC6 DomU creation using virt-install
Hi Daniel, Thanks for your suggestions. We have created an installation tree for i386 architecture in format used by anaconda by copying the contents of disc1 under /root/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/, then copied the contents from disc 2 - disc 5 according to the directory structure. We then exported the install tree using nfs share. This installation tree has been created on the same machine where we are creating a VM using virt-manager with the following options- a) virtual machine Name : Vm01 b) install media URL : nfs:10.112.69.120:/root/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ c) What would you like to use as the disk (path) -Normal Disk Partition or Simple File Option Chose Simple File Option -File location : /VMImage - File Size : 8000 MB d) Ram required for the VM to run (Max & Min)- 256 MB After completion of above steps the creation of image proceeds in the same manner as the Fedora installation. The installation hasn''t stuck up but is progressing very slowly. The CPU utilization is also quite low and network usage quite high. We have 1GB RAM and 2666 MHz single Intel CPU. Do you / anyone have any idea what we may be doing wrong that the installation is progressing so slowly? Thanks, Shweta -----Original Message----- From: Daniel P. Berrange [mailto:berrange@redhat.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:38 PM To: Shweta Kumari, Noida Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] FC6 DomU creation using virt-install On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 03:54:08PM +0530, Shweta Kumari, Noida wrote:> > Hi, > > We had been trying to building a Fedora Guest System using > `virt-install`. > > It requires install location as input. Can someone help us inprocedure> of creating a Fedora Core 6 installation tree in the format used by > anaconda such as NFS, FTP, and HTTP on our local network?The tool expects the install tree to be in the same format as you would setup an install tree for Anaconda to do a network based install. eg, you basically want to replicate the structure seen under the primary download site for a Fedora distribution. eg FC6 x86_64: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/x86_64/os/> We have FC6 installation available as FC6 CD''s.Given the CDs, you need to copy the contents of all 5 CDs into a single merged directory tree - to make a structure that looks same as the one at the above URL. If you have the DVD image then its even simpler - there is no multiple-disk merge - just export the contents of the DVD via NFS or HTTP. Regards, Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| DISCLAIMER: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. It shall not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of the author of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any mail and attachments please check them for viruses and defect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users