[Fedora-xen] Error creating Domain

[Henning Sprang]

Sorry, I am bit slow:


shyamal thatte wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> installed xen 3.0.1 from the  xen-3.0-x86_32-fc4.bin.tar provided on 
> xensource.
> installed the 3 RPM's within it
> 1) xen-3.0.1-64.1_fc4.i386.rpm       2) 
> xen-kernel-2.6.12-xen3_64.1_fc4.i686.rpm
> 3) xen-devel-3.0.1-64.1_fc4.i386.rpm
> .... there is no User kernel RPM included with xen 3

Sorry, I don't know about that bin.tra package - does ist actualkly 
contain 3 rpm's then? Sounds a bit weird...

You don't always need two xen kernels, it's possible to mae one kernel 
that can be used for domU and dom0.


> 
> After reboot into the 2.6.12_xen3 kernel I can see DOM 0
> 
> I did a fresh install of FC4 into /dev/hda8 with root on the same system
> I installed  vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1390_FC4xenU into it
> 
> When I try to start the guest domain on /dev/hda8 I get the errors and 
> it does not start.

What errrs are you exactly getting?

> Should I install  xen-kernel-2.6.12-xen3_64.1_fc4.i686.rpm on /dev/hda8 
> and try and boot it as a guest domain ?

Yes, I'd try to install the same kernel rpm in domU as in dom0!


Henning