Xen users - Jun 2008 - can''t a PV domU be installed from an ISO file?

Hi

I''m trying to install CentOS 5.1 on a CentOS5.1 server, running Xen 3.0

I''m not sure if this is possible, but I could be doing something wrong.
Using virt-install, I selet the ISO file as the installation source, and 
it boots up, but then I get prompted for an installation source, and 
choosing the CD Rom takes me through a loop asking for an installation 
source.

Is it possible to install a Linux domU from an ISO image?

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> I''m trying to install CentOS 5.1 on a CentOS5.1 server, running
Xen 3.0
>
> I''m not sure if this is possible, but I could be doing something
wrong.
> Using virt-install, I selet the ISO file as the installation source, and
> it boots up, but then I get prompted for an installation source, and
> choosing the CD Rom takes me through a loop asking for an installation
> source.
>
> Is it possible to install a Linux domU from an ISO image?
Not directly.  The PV install that RH-alike distributions use is based around 
using a network package repository.  If you don''t want to use a
repository
mirror from the internet, you could probably set up your dom0 to export the 
repository from the DVD / ISO over the network, then use that.  It''s a
bit
more complicated to set up than just using the ISO directly but it does at 
least avoid external network traffic.

Another option would be to install the guest as HVM and then attempt to 
convert it to PV, which is also doable.

Cheers,
Mark


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