Hi Todd / all, Thanks again for responding to me. Interestingly the screen dump of virt-install on that howto is different from mine. Mine actually doesn't ask about fully virtualized guests. How can I start virt-install to boot from an ISO? Thanks. On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Todd Deshane <deshantm at gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Devraj Mukherjee <devraj at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Todd, >> >> Thanks for the message. I got a little bit further but still no joy, >> its stops with the following messages. Is it better off installing >> Ubuntu in the image? >> > > Boris has a bunch of howtos on this sort of thing... > > Here is one for Ubuntu on CentOS 5.2: > http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/install-ubuntu-intrepid-server-pv-domu-at-xen-33-port-via-httpgetco-centos-52-dom0/ > > I am pretty sure that problem below is still fixable, but the hour is > late, so I remember the solution... > Google and/or xen.markmail.org may have some hints for you... > > Best of Luck. > > Todd > >> mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' >> Setting up other filesystems. >> Setting up new root fs >> setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory >> no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults >> setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory >> setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory >> Switching to new root and running init. >> unmounting old /dev >> unmounting old /proc >> unmounting old /sys >> switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory >> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! >> [root at sphere auto]# >> > > -- > Todd Deshane > http://todddeshane.net > http://runningxen.com > -- "I never look back darling, it distracts from the now", Edna Mode (The Incredibles)