[CentOS] Question about running a CentOS4.8 (32-bit) guest under CentOS5.4xen (64-bit)

Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com
Sat Jan 23 16:50:15 UTC 2010


At Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:33:00 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

> 
> Robert Heller wrote on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:37:30 -0500:
> 
> > I followed the instructions in Appendix A
> > of the xen user manual (/usr/share/doc/xen-3.0.3/pdf/user.pdf)
> 
> Why consult the wiki?
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/MoveNative2DomU
> 
> You need a xenified kernel. I see you use the plus kernel. There might be 
> no xenified plus kernel.
> Anyway, what you have to do, if I remember right, is to mount the c4 
> partition in your c5, chroot to it and then install that xenified kernel 
> and a new initrd to it. Read the instructions about "4.5-only" on the 
> wiki, that should get you going.

Yes, this got me going.  There were some other (minor) issues, but I
figured them out as well.  Thanks!

> 
> Kai
> 

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