[CentOS] xen guest system - install source

Thu Oct 8 10:28:06 UTC 2009
Giovanni P. Tirloni <tirloni at gmail.com>

On Oct 8, 2009, at 7:19 AM, Jussi Hirvi wrote:

> I am installing my first xen system (CentOS 5.3). The host system  
> seems
> to be ok.
>
> I am following this tutorial:
> http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-xen-on-centos-5.2-i386-p2
>
> Now I try to use virt-install to install the first guest system, but I
> cannot find a working install source.
>
> I have tried at least these:
>
> http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/centos.org/5.3/isos/i386/
>
> http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/centos.org/5.3/isos/i386/CentOS-5.3-i386-netinstall.iso
>
> Always I get "Could not find an installable distribution".
>
> What should I use as path?

It's not looking for ISOs. Try this:

http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/centos.org/5.3/os/i386/

-Giovanni