[CentOS] Xen3.2 rpm's?

[Rudi Ahlers]

Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>   
>> Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
>>     
>>> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know when the Xen3.2 rpm's will be part of the 
>>>> CentOS repo's?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> CentOS 6 probably.
>>>
>>> Upstream really can't change the Xen hypervisor too much within
>>> a release as that goes against the distribution's philosophy.
>>>
>>> If you really want Xen 3.2, why not download the CentOS 5 rpms
>>> from xen.org and use it. It works transparently with the CentOS
>>> kernel package and updates the CentOS Xen packages.
>>>
>>> Just remember to change the Xen kernel name in grub each time
>>> the CentOS kernel changes! I still forget to do this and it
>>> bites me all the time :-(
>>>       
>> Cause I want to use it on a kickstart file, but someone on the kickstart 
>> list just showed me how to install those rpm's from the kickstart file, 
>> so I'll try that and see what hapens.
>>
>> Do I still use the xen-2.6.18-53 kernel? 
>> kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.6.el5.x86_64.rpm 
>>     
>
> Yes, continue to use the CentOS supplied kernels.
>
>   
>> What do you mean I need to rename it in the grub menu? What 
>> happens if I don't?
>>     
>
> Here's what I mean, when you install a CentOS Xen kernel the grub
> menu for that kernel will look like this:
>
> title CentOS (2.6.18-53.1.14.el5.centos.plusxen)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5.centos.plus
>         module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5.centos.plusxen ro root=/dev/CentOS/root
>         module /initrd-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5.centos.plusxen.img
>
> You need to change the 'kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5.centos.plus'
> to read 'kernel /xen.gz-3.2'
>
> If you don't do this xend will fail to run and your domains will
> fail to start because the userland tools are expecting a Xen 3.2
> kernel and you will have a Xen 3.1 kernel running.
>
> -Ross
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
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>   
Ok, I see what you say. Not too familiar with grub menu, what exactly 
does that do? Does it just rename it, or does it tell the system to load 
a different file?

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