[Fedora-xen] installing FC7 under Debian Etch

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 10:53:28AM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote:
> On 17/10/2007, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 11:09:27AM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to install Fedora 7 under Debian Etch running on Intel Xeon
> > 3050
> > > (i.e. with hardware virtualization) and x86_64 kernel (
> > 2.6.18-4-xen-amd64)
> > > with 4Gb RAM (the hardware supports up to 8Gb).
> > >
> > > I configured it this way:
> > >
> > > kernel = '/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader'
> > > builder = 'linux'
> >
> >             ^^^^^^^
> >
> > This needs to be 'hvm'  since the rest of your config file
> > is for an HVM guest.
> 
> 
> OK, thanks.
> 
> > memory = '256'
> > > name = 'fc7-01'
> > > vif = ['type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0']
> > > disk = ['phy:/dev/xen/fc7-01,ioemu:hda,w']
> > > cdrom = 'file://root/iso/fc7/x86_64/boot.iso'
> > > device_model='/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/bin/qemu-dm'
> > > ne2000='0'
> > > boot='d'
> > > sdl='1'
> >
> >
> > Or you need to configure it to be a paravirt guest - ie point the 'kernel'
> > param to the Xen kernel & get rid of the cdrom & device_model args.
> 
> 
> Does this mean I have to get hold of a different kernel for FC7 which is
> paravirtualized?

Yes. 

> Can you help me find such a kernel or do I have to compile one myself?
> Is this the "kernel-xen" package or is kernel-xen intended to be used for
> Dom0 (i.e. when fc7 is the host, not the guest)?

For the purposes of installing a brand new paravirt guest use the kernel 
and initrd files from the directory   '$TREE/images/xen/', where $TREE is 
the mounted CDROM image, or Fedora HTTP download site.  Once installation 
is complete, remove the kernel & ramdisk from the guest config and add 
bootloader="/usr/bin/pygrub"

Dan.
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