how to install a custom XEN kernel & rpm's from kickstart?

[Rudi Ahlers]

Tom Brown wrote:
>
>>>
>> Hi Tom
>>
>> What about the other files?
>>
>> On the Xen downloads page, http://xen.org/download/dl_32rhel5.html I 
>> see the following:
>>
>>
>>     xen-3.2.0.i386.rpm (hypervisor and management tools) 
>> <http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm> 
>>
>>      xen-3.2.0-0.src.rpm (source) 
>> <http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.src.rpm> 
>>
>>      xen-debuginfo-3.2.0.i386.rpm (debugging information) 
>> <http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-debuginfo-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm> 
>>
>>      xen-devel-3.2.0.i386.rpm (development library) 
>> <http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-devel-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm> 
>>
>>      xen-libs-3.2.0.i386.rpm (support libraries) 
>> <http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-libs-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm> 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't think I can install the i386 rpms on a CentOS 5.1 x64 system, 
>> right? Did you have problems with these files? Do I need them? What 
>> about the xen-3.2.0.i386.rpm (hypervisor and management tools) 
>> <http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm> 
>>
>> & xen-libs-3.2.0.i386.rpm (support libraries) 
>> <http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-libs-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm>? 
>>
>>
>
> if you rebuild the x86_64 src rpm then these will be available to you

Thanx, unfortunately I don't have a standard install of CentOS 5.1 x64. 
What do I need to install, in order to rebuild them, and how do I 
rebuild them? this is a first for me

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