[Fedora-xen] Cannot get xen on RHEL5 to use a RHEL4 repository

[Andrew Cathrow]

You're on a 2850 so  I guess that means that you don't have VT support
on your cpu
Check this with 

$ egrep “svm|vmx” /proc/cpuinfo
flags     : fpu tsc msr pae vmx mce cx8 ..

which will check for VMX (intel) or SVM (amd) support. if You don't get
vmx or svm in the output then you don't have the cpu extensions for full
virtualization.
So you'll have to use a para-virt install - today RHEL4 does not include
PV support - but RHEL4.5 (due feb/march) will include that support.

So probably what you're seeing is the install looking for the pv install
kernel - which should be in <install-root>/images/xen/vmlinuz  and since
it's not there you're getting a http error.




On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 15:10 -0600, Frazier, Darrell USA CRC (Contractor)
wrote:

> 
> I am running xen on a Dell 2850/ 3.0Ghz/ 12GB RAM/ RHEL5 Beta2 system.
> I am attempting to create a rhel4 guest. I have copied the rhel4
> packages from cd into a directory (/var/www/html/rhel4) and enabled
> http. I created a  repository on the host machine and updated yum to
> look at that repository using createrepo under /var/www/html/rhel4. I
> am able to see the repository with a web browser on another machine.
> 
> My issue comes when I use the http://myhost/rhel4  in the
> configuration window asking where it asks where the installation media
> resides. I get the following error:
> 
> Guest Install Error
> 
> ERROR: Invalid URL location given: [Errno:14] HTTP Error 404: Not
> found.
> 
> I am about at my wits end on how to rectify this issue. Any help would
> be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanx in advance                        
> 
> Darrell J. Frazier 
> Unix System Administrator 
> US Army Combat Readiness Center 
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