Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

Hello,

I just wrote a step-by-step tutorial how to install the latest Xen 4.0.1 hypervisor 
on Fedora 13 (x86_64) host from src.rpm packages, and the pvops dom0 kernel from git repository.

Check it out: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Fedora13Xen4Tutorial

It also shows how to install various Xen PV guests using the native distro installers:

- CentOS 5.5
    - Fedora 13
    - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Hopefully this is helpful to someone! :)

-- Pasi

[Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel

[Boris Derzhavets]

> Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary

(first) partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" -
 which is the default)

Could you , please , explain why ?

Boris.

--- On Sat, 9/4/10, Pasi Kärkkäinen  wrote:

From: Pasi Kärkkäinen 
Subject: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 8:02 PM

Hello,

I just wrote a step-by-step tutorial how to install the latest Xen 4.0.1 hypervisor 
on Fedora 13 (x86_64) host from src.rpm packages, and the pvops dom0 kernel from git repository.

Check it out: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Fedora13Xen4Tutorial

It also shows how to install various Xen PV guests using the native distro installers:

- CentOS 5.5
    - Fedora 13
    - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Hopefully this is helpful to someone! :)

-- Pasi

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[Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 05:18:07AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary (first)
>
> partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" - which is
>    the default)
>
> Could you , please , explain why ?

It's "just in case". It's not really required. 
I prefer making sure every tool out there can read /boot partition
to avoid problems :)

-- Pasi
> Boris.
>    --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Pasi Kärkkäinen  wrote:
>  From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <[e-mail]>
>  Subject: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on
>  Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel
>  To: [e-mail]
>  Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail],
>  [e-mail]
>  Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 8:02 PM
>
>  Hello,
>
>  I just wrote a step-by-step tutorial how to install the latest Xen 4.0.1
>  hypervisor
>  on Fedora 13 (x86_64) host from src.rpm packages, and the pvops dom0
>  kernel from git repository.
>
>  Check it out: [1]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Fedora13Xen4Tutorial
>
>  It also shows how to install various Xen PV guests using the native
>  distro installers:
>
>      - CentOS 5.5
>      - Fedora 13
>      - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
>
>  Hopefully this is helpful to someone! :)
>
>  -- Pasi
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  Xen-users mailing list
>  [2][e-mail]
>  [3]http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Fedora13Xen4Tutorial
> file:///mc/compose?to=[e-mail]
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users

[Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel

[Boris Derzhavets]

Via my experience :-

title Xen 4.0.1 on F13
rootnoverify (hd1,7)
chainloader +1

might have problems with ext4.
I have not notice anything else.

Boris.

--- On Sun, 9/5/10, Pasi Kärkkäinen  wrote:

From: Pasi Kärkkäinen 
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel
To: "Boris Derzhavets" 
Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 8:20 AM

On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 05:18:07AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary (first)
>     partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" - which is
>     the default)
>
> Could you , please , explain why ?

It's "just in case". It's not really required. 
I prefer making sure every tool out there can read /boot partition
to avoid problems :)

-- Pasi
> Boris.
>     --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Pasi Kärkkäinen  wrote:
>
> From: Pasi Kärkkäinen 
>       Subject: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on
>       Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel
>       To: [e-mail]
>       Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail],
>       [e-mail]
>       Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 8:02 PM
>
> Hello,
>
> I just wrote a step-by-step tutorial how to install the latest Xen 4.0.1
>       hypervisor
>       on Fedora 13 (x86_64) host from src.rpm packages, and the pvops dom0
>       kernel from git repository.
>
> Check it out: [1]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Fedora13Xen4Tutorial
>
> It also shows how to install various Xen PV guests using the native
>       distro installers:
>
> - CentOS 5.5
>           - Fedora 13
>           - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
>
> Hopefully this is helpful to someone! :)
>
> -- Pasi
>
> _______________________________________________
>       Xen-users mailing list
>       [2][e-mail]
>       [3]http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>
> References
>
> Visible links
>     1. http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Fedora13Xen4Tutorial
>     2. file:///mc/compose?to=[e-mail]
>     3. http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users

[Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

On 09/05/2010 10:20 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 05:18:07AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > > Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary (first)
> >
> > partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" - which is
> >    the default)
> >
> > Could you , please , explain why ?
>
> It's "just in case". It's not really required. 
> I prefer making sure every tool out there can read /boot partition
> to avoid problems :)

pvgrub can't handle ext4 partitions, and does so in a non-obvious way
(often by just going into a spin loop...).

J

[Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel

[Ian Campbell]

On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 01:57 +0100, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 09/05/2010 10:20 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 05:18:07AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > > > Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary (first)
> > >
> > > partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" - which is
> > >    the default)
> > >
> > > Could you , please , explain why ?
> >
> > It's "just in case". It's not really required. 
> > I prefer making sure every tool out there can read /boot partition
> > to avoid problems :)
>
> pvgrub can't handle ext4 partitions, and does so in a non-obvious way
> (often by just going into a spin loop...).

There are ext4 patches in various distro grub1 packages, such as those
which inspired the patch in 20652:c6ee21dca848 to pygrub/libfsimage.

If someone were looking for a project then rebasing pvgrub onto one of
the grub1 distro patchsets which is actively maintained would be useful.

Ian.

[Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel

[Boris Derzhavets]

> Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary (first)
> > partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" - which is
> >     the default)

It was written concerning Dom0 set-up  on top F13 not DomU

Boris.

--- On Mon, 9/6/10, Jeremy Fitzhardinge  wrote:

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge 
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel
To: "Pasi Kärkkäinen" 
Cc: [e-mail], "Boris Derzhavets" , [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
Date: Monday, September 6, 2010, 8:57 PM

On 09/05/2010 10:20 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 05:18:07AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > > Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary (first)
> >     partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" - which is
> >     the default)
> >
> > Could you , please , explain why ?
>
> It's "just in case". It's not really required. 
> I prefer making sure every tool out there can read /boot partition
> to avoid problems :)

pvgrub can't handle ext4 partitions, and does so in a non-obvious way
(often by just going into a spin loop...).

J

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