What is the best procedure for doing this on a minimal install of CentOS without a gui? Can I install all the dependencies through yum that a `#yum install xen kernel-xen xen-libs` would bring in, then simply install the xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm and xen-libs-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm?
Thanks! jlc
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcasale@activenetwerx.com wrote:
What is the best procedure for doing this on a minimal install of CentOS without a gui? Can I install all the dependencies through yum that a `#yum install xen kernel-xen xen-libs` would bring in, then simply install the xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm and xen-libs-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386.rpm?
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Hi Joseph,
If you are looking for xen x86_64 then you need to compile it from the sources avaiable at xen.org. If you are looking for xen i386 then you can download the rpms from xen.org, and install. You will have to update grub.conf to point to xen3.2 dom0. Please refer to this http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=xen+3.2+%26+centos#query:xen%203.2%20%26%2... if you want to build the xen 3.2 x86_64 from source.
Regards, Vinod
Hi Joseph,
If you are looking for xen x86_64 then you need to compile it from the sources avaiable at xen.org. If you are looking for xen i386 then you can download the rpms from xen.org, and install. You will have to update grub.conf to point to xen3.2 dom0. Please refer to this http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=xen+3.2+%26+centos#query:xen%203.2% 20%26%20centos%20from%3A%22--%5B%20UxBoD%20%5D--%22+page:1 +mid:s7bllms2s6u3igc2+state:results if you want to build the xen 3.2 x86_64 from source.
Regards, Vinod
Hrm, I didn't see that small fact of no xen 3.2 x86_64 rpm on xen.org :) Do you know of any compiled rpm's available from anyone? I do need to run x64 hvm's. Also, given I get rpm's, is my intended procedure seem correct to get them installed with all the needed deps?
Thanks! jlc
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
Hrm, I didn't see that small fact of no xen 3.2 x86_64 rpm on xen.org :) Do you know of any compiled rpm's available from anyone? I do need to run x64 hvm's. Also, given I get rpm's, is my intended procedure seem correct to get them installed with all the needed deps?
It's trivial to rebuild the srpm Xensource provides:
'rpmbuild --rebuild xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.src.rpm'
If you get a build error (which likely everyone would), modify the xen.spec file to add this under the %files section:
%dir /usr/lib/xen/boot/*
/eli
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