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 <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt; wrote:

From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt;
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: xen-devel(a)lists.xensource.com
Cc: xen(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, virt(a)lists.fedoraproject.org,
xen-users(a)lists.xensource.com
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 <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt; wrote:
>  
>       From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt;
>       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: xen-devel(a)lists.xensource.com
>       Cc: xen(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, virt(a)lists.fedoraproject.org,
>       xen-users(a)lists.xensource.com
>       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]Xen-users(a)lists.xensource.com
>       [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-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 <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt; wrote:

From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt;
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" <bderzhavets(a)yahoo.com&gt;
Cc: xen-devel(a)lists.xensource.com, xen(a)lists.fedoraproject.org,
virt(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, xen-users(a)lists.xensource.com
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 <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt; wrote:
>  
>       From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt;
>       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: xen-devel(a)lists.xensource.com
>       Cc: xen(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, virt(a)lists.fedoraproject.org,
>       xen-users(a)lists.xensource.com
>       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]Xen-users(a)lists.xensource.com
>       [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 <jeremy(a)goop.org&gt; wrote:

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy(a)goop.org&gt;
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" <pasik(a)iki.fi&gt;
Cc: xen(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, "Boris Derzhavets"
<bderzhavets(a)yahoo.com&gt;, xen-devel(a)lists.xensource.com,
virt(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, xen-users(a)lists.xensource.com
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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