On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 14:27 -0700, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On 1/26/07, Bernard Johnson > <bjohnson-dated-1169703224.9d1a0c at symetrix.com> wrote: > > Nils Toedtmann wrote: > > > I agree. But customization of C4 (and probably C3, too) to run smoothly > > > as a VM is a bit evil (i run a bunch of productive C4 DomUs, so walked > > > through that valley ...): glibc and db4 have to be patched/rebuilt > > > because of NPTL incompatibilities. > > > > I agree that C3 would be a problem - both guest and host. > > > > However, for C4 I have a "installer hack" that allows C4 to install > > under Xen (FC6 host) using virt-manager & kickstart. When it's > > finished, the only package that is modified is the kernel (to provide a > > domU image). > > Just for the record, there are test kernels here that MIGHT work: http://dev.centos.org/centos/4/testing/i386/RPMS/ (and substitute x86_64 for i386 if desired) > > Perhaps your VM is the issue with tls. Once I started using a recent > > enough host (FC6) and a recent enough guest (C4), all my tls problems > > disappeared. Even SELinux, which was always problematic for me under > > UML, seems to be working smoothly now. > > > > If someone wants a Xen C4 guest image, let me know, it only takes a few > > minutes to create. > > If the press-briefs are to be believed.. RHEL-4.5.x should have Xen > kernels.. which would help this starting out for that level.. > See my link above for test kernels if anyone is interested. > As a hear and now.. vmware-player images of Centos-2.1/3.8/4.4 could be made. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20070128/acc7d93a/attachment-0007.sig>