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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stugg