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Dean Pullen

2009-Jan-02 16:08 UTC

[Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

Hi all,

 

Complete newbie to Xen, but having installed Red Hat EL 5.2 with the Xen
hypervisor I''d like to add a few Red Hat 5.2 VMs.

The host and guests are x86-64.

 

Unfortunately, I''m falling at the very first hurdle.

 

I''m creating a new VM, and using an ISO file of the Red Hat 5 DVD on
the
host''s local file system.

 

The guest installer boots and then after language and keyboard layout
questions, ask what the source installation media is...

Selecting CD-ROM asks for a driver type, whereas selecting hard-drive
asks if I''d like to add a HDD to the system, where upon if I select
yes,
it returns to the original menu.

 

Any tips or links upon where I can go next?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Dean Pullen.



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Dean Pullen

2009-Jan-02 16:22 UTC

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RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

Thanks.
That''s what I''m trying now, I''m glad I''m on
the right track...
FYI it''s a paravirtual guest I''m installing.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Haxby [mailto:john.haxby@oracle.com] 
Sent: 02 January 2009 16:21
To: Dean Pullen
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

Dean Pullen wrote:>
> The guest installer boots and then after language and keyboard layout 
> questions, ask what the source installation media is...
>
> Selecting CD-ROM asks for a driver type, whereas selecting hard-drive 
> asks if I''d like to add a HDD to the system, where upon if I
select
> yes, it returns to the original menu.
>
> Any tips or links upon where I can go next?
>

If you''re installing a paravirtual guest with virt-manager or 
virt-install then try loop-back mounting the installation DVD where it 
can be seen through a web browser and then use its url as the location 
for installation. Check that the URL works from some other machine 
before you do the installation :-)

If you''re installing a hardware virtual guest, then install a 
paravirtual guest instead: performance is generally quite a lot better.

jch

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Dean Pullen

2009-Jan-02 17:08 UTC

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RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

This seems to be picked up by the installer - it now goes directly to
TCP/IP settings.

After entering them manually, as there is no DHCP server, it goes to a
blue screen and does nothing further.

If my host is set to 10.0.0.1 I''m using 10.0.0.2. Should I be using
some
bridge IP instead?

Any ideas?

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Sent: 02 January 2009 16:22
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Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

Thanks.
That''s what I''m trying now, I''m glad I''m on
the right track...
FYI it''s a paravirtual guest I''m installing.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Haxby [mailto:john.haxby@oracle.com] 
Sent: 02 January 2009 16:21
To: Dean Pullen
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

Dean Pullen wrote:>
> The guest installer boots and then after language and keyboard layout 
> questions, ask what the source installation media is...
>
> Selecting CD-ROM asks for a driver type, whereas selecting hard-drive 
> asks if I''d like to add a HDD to the system, where upon if I
select
> yes, it returns to the original menu.
>
> Any tips or links upon where I can go next?
>

If you''re installing a paravirtual guest with virt-manager or 
virt-install then try loop-back mounting the installation DVD where it 
can be seen through a web browser and then use its url as the location 
for installation. Check that the URL works from some other machine 
before you do the installation :-)

If you''re installing a hardware virtual guest, then install a 
paravirtual guest instead: performance is generally quite a lot better.

jch

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Dean Pullen

2009-Jan-02 18:42 UTC

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RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

Ok it finally does go to an error screen where it can''t find the web
server with the image on it.

I''m not sure what I should be using as far as guest IP settings are
concerned.

Can someone let me know what they should, in theory, be, if I need to
use the http image on the host server via the guest?


My host IP setup is as follows (removed mac addresses):

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 
          inet addr:10.153.181.5  
          Bcast:10.153.181.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:64ff:fe98:86a2/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3278866 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2001124 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:4382317895 (4.0 GiB)  TX bytes:384832182 (367.0 MiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:424882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:424882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:127145354 (121.2 MiB)  TX bytes:127145354 (121.2 MiB)

peth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3854347 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2125931 errors:3273 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:3273
          collisions:688613 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:4432295792 (4.1 GiB)  TX bytes:410143376 (391.1 MiB)
          Interrupt:18 Memory:f8000000-f8012100

vif0.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2001125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3278866 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:384832320 (367.0 MiB)  TX bytes:4382317895 (4.0 GiB)

vif17.0   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:177 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:32
          RX bytes:2164 (2.1 KiB)  TX bytes:9204 (8.9 KiB)

virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:14275 (13.9 KiB)  TX bytes:6641 (6.4 KiB)

xenbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:20333 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:6122514 (5.8 MiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Dean Pullen
Sent: 02 January 2009 17:08
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

This seems to be picked up by the installer - it now goes directly to
TCP/IP settings.

After entering them manually, as there is no DHCP server, it goes to a
blue screen and does nothing further.

If my host is set to 10.0.0.1 I''m using 10.0.0.2. Should I be using
some
bridge IP instead?

Any ideas?

-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Dean Pullen
Sent: 02 January 2009 16:22
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host


Thanks.
That''s what I''m trying now, I''m glad I''m on
the right track...
FYI it''s a paravirtual guest I''m installing.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Haxby [mailto:john.haxby@oracle.com] 
Sent: 02 January 2009 16:21
To: Dean Pullen
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

Dean Pullen wrote:>
> The guest installer boots and then after language and keyboard layout 
> questions, ask what the source installation media is...
>
> Selecting CD-ROM asks for a driver type, whereas selecting hard-drive 
> asks if I''d like to add a HDD to the system, where upon if I
select
> yes, it returns to the original menu.
>
> Any tips or links upon where I can go next?
>

If you''re installing a paravirtual guest with virt-manager or 
virt-install then try loop-back mounting the installation DVD where it 
can be seen through a web browser and then use its url as the location 
for installation. Check that the URL works from some other machine 
before you do the installation :-)

If you''re installing a hardware virtual guest, then install a 
paravirtual guest instead: performance is generally quite a lot better.

jch

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Dean Pullen

2009-Jan-03 11:20 UTC

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RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

For the gain of anyone else reading.
I set my host HTTP server to host on 192.168.122.1 and then set the VM
to have an IP of 192.168.122.2
I could then access the HTTP-serverd loopback mounted ISO.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Dean Pullen
Sent: 02 January 2009 18:43
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

Ok it finally does go to an error screen where it can''t find the web
server with the image on it.

I''m not sure what I should be using as far as guest IP settings are
concerned.

Can someone let me know what they should, in theory, be, if I need to
use the http image on the host server via the guest?


My host IP setup is as follows (removed mac addresses):

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 
          inet addr:10.153.181.5  
          Bcast:10.153.181.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:64ff:fe98:86a2/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3278866 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2001124 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:4382317895 (4.0 GiB)  TX bytes:384832182 (367.0 MiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:424882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:424882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:127145354 (121.2 MiB)  TX bytes:127145354 (121.2 MiB)

peth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3854347 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2125931 errors:3273 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:3273
          collisions:688613 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:4432295792 (4.1 GiB)  TX bytes:410143376 (391.1 MiB)
          Interrupt:18 Memory:f8000000-f8012100

vif0.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2001125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3278866 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:384832320 (367.0 MiB)  TX bytes:4382317895 (4.0 GiB)

vif17.0   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:177 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:32
          RX bytes:2164 (2.1 KiB)  TX bytes:9204 (8.9 KiB)

virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:14275 (13.9 KiB)  TX bytes:6641 (6.4 KiB)

xenbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:20333 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:6122514 (5.8 MiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Dean Pullen
Sent: 02 January 2009 17:08
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

This seems to be picked up by the installer - it now goes directly to
TCP/IP settings.

After entering them manually, as there is no DHCP server, it goes to a
blue screen and does nothing further.

If my host is set to 10.0.0.1 I''m using 10.0.0.2. Should I be using
some
bridge IP instead?

Any ideas?

-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Dean Pullen
Sent: 02 January 2009 16:22
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host


Thanks.
That''s what I''m trying now, I''m glad I''m on
the right track...
FYI it''s a paravirtual guest I''m installing.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Haxby [mailto:john.haxby@oracle.com] 
Sent: 02 January 2009 16:21
To: Dean Pullen
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Redhat EL 5.2 guest on Redhat EL 5.2 host

Dean Pullen wrote:>
> The guest installer boots and then after language and keyboard layout 
> questions, ask what the source installation media is...
>
> Selecting CD-ROM asks for a driver type, whereas selecting hard-drive 
> asks if I''d like to add a HDD to the system, where upon if I
select
> yes, it returns to the original menu.
>
> Any tips or links upon where I can go next?
>

If you''re installing a paravirtual guest with virt-manager or 
virt-install then try loop-back mounting the installation DVD where it 
can be seen through a web browser and then use its url as the location 
for installation. Check that the URL works from some other machine 
before you do the installation :-)

If you''re installing a hardware virtual guest, then install a 
paravirtual guest instead: performance is generally quite a lot better.

jch

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