[et-mgmt-tools] Problems with Xen PXE installs

[Jasper Capel]

I'm always using a non-xen kernel for my PXE-boots, I think the provided 
xen-kernel was meant to be used for DomU-installs. Why don't you just 
modify your kickstart file to include the required Xen-software? You 
only have to add xen and kernel-xen to the packages section. For more 
information on how to use kickstart files, see: 
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Installation_Guide/ch-kickstart2.html

Jasper

Sean Embry wrote:
> Pardon if this was covered before... I looked through the last
> 2 months archive, and found only "Invalid Kernel", and that
> appeared to be all distros, not just xen.
>
> Did a bare metal install to what would become
> the cobbler server via DVD of Fedora 8 i686, (32 bit)
> non-xen install. Set up 8 IPs in /var/lib/cobbler for DHCP
> in a subnet without DHCP, imported images for
> Fedora 8 (32 and 64 bit), and RH 5.2 (32 and 64).
>
> All non Xen installs work fine, but no Xen kernels will. From
> the PXE boot prompt, selecting "menu", then any Xen
> kernel gives a "Invalid kernel" error. I don't see anything
> out of place in the error logs, and I'm pretty much stuck
> on dead center. I guess I could just stay with non-xen
> and add it later via "Add/Remove Software", but that
> seems to be a pain in the neck I'd rather do without...
>
> I've not tried xen installs using ftp or http yet, that's for the
> morning...
>
> Please let me know what other info I can provide to
> trouble shoot this problem.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sean Embry
> Systems/Database Administrator
> NISD.NET
>
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