Xen users - May 2010 - which kernel images should be used to boot first time a DomU CentOS on a Debian Dom0 for

I downloaded vmlinuz and initrd from here renamed them to
vmlinuz-xen-install and initrd-xen-install
and placed both above in /boot
http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/images/xen/
and then in /etc/xen-tools/xen-tools.conf

install-method = rinse
dist   = centos-5
image  = sparse
kernel      = /boot/vmlinuz-xen-install
initrd      = /boot/initrd-xen-install
 serial_device = hvc0
 disk_device = xvda

copied a CentOS 5.5 ISO
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/root/centos.iso

mount -t iso9660 -o loop /root/centos.iso /root/inscd

then gave following command
xen-create-image --hostname new_centOS --ip 172.21.100.196
--install-method rinse --force --arch=amd64
--install-source=/root/inscd/

I got a screen asking me password and then after some time I got a
new_centOS.cfg file in /etc/xen/
the contents of which are

kernel      = ''/boot/vmlinuz-xen-install''
ramdisk     = ''/boot/initrd-xen-install.img''
memory      = ''1024''

#
#  Disk device(s).
#
root        = ''/dev/xvda2 ro''
disk        = [
                 
''phy:/dev/virtualization/centos5_domU-swap,xvda1,w'',
                 
''phy:/dev/virtualization/centos5_domU-disk,xvda2,w'',
              ]


#
#  Hostname
#
name        = ''new_centOS.cfg''

#
#  Networking
#
vif         = [ ''ip=172.21.100.196,mac=00:16:3E:7D:09:6F'' ]

#
#  Behaviour
#
on_poweroff = ''destroy''
on_reboot   = ''restart''
on_crash    = ''restart''



But when I do

xm create new_centOS -c
then I get a text  console which asks me for installation ISO.
The snapshots that I am getting are like the following.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48996087@N07/4617619327/
and here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48996087@N07/4617619329/

Now my guess is the kernel in .cfg file is the same as
http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/images/xen/
so this is an error.I am not sure about this one.
But how do I proceed now.
Some one suggested me to use vnc on centos but  I am not able to
understand how where I do it.
My dom0 is Debian Lenny xen-3.2.1
-- 
Tapas

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I found this link
http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Configuring_a_VNC_based_Graphical_Console_for_a_Xen_Paravirtualized_domainU_Guest
and it says
to be able to use vnc for guest DomU''s
you simply should add
vfb = [ ''type=vnc'' ]
to your .cfg file
I did that in the newly created newcentOs_domU.cfg file
I am able to see on dom0
output of
netstat -tlp
tcp        0      0 localhost:5900          *:*
LISTEN      7997/qemu-dm
so that means that vnc server is running now how can I connect to it
to be able to install remotely over a GUI using SSH.

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