rhel5 problem creating virtual machine

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You might want to look into using virt-install, its a lot cleaner than using
xm directly. Here are some notes to point you in the right direction:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstartFC6#head-f266d304d6d690475bf4ca21e643679700a86c08


On 4/10/07, Susan Baur <susan at cdl.edu> wrote:
>
> I've just installed rhel 5 on a test box wit the virtualization
> kernel. I'd like to start exploring the virtualization that's part of
> rhel 5 but when I try to create a guest operating system I receive
> the following error.
>
> # xm create wg1 -c
> Using config file "/etc/xen/wg1".
> Error: destroyDevice() takes exactly 3 arguments (2 given)
>
> here are the non-comment lines from my wg1 config file
> kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.1.1.el5xen"
> memory = 64
> name = "WebGUI_1"
> vif = [ '' ]
> disk = [ 'phy:hda1,hda1,w' ]
> root = "/dev/hda1 ro"
> extra = "4"
>
> If I run it as a dryrun, i get the following
> # xm create wg1  -n
> Using config file "/etc/xen/wg1".
> (vm
>      (name WebGUI_1)
>      (memory 64)
>      (vcpus 1)
>      (image
>          (linux
>              (kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.1.1.el5xen)
>              (root '/dev/hda1 ro')
>              (args 4)
>          )
>      )
>      (device (vbd (uname phy:hda1) (dev hda1) (mode w)))
>      (device (vif))
> )
>
> Any ideas on where to start? This is my first foray into Xen, so any
> help would be appreciated
>
> --Susan
>
>
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