Re: [Fedora-xen] Problems with fedora 7 paravirtualize

[Richard W.M. Jones]

neohtm wrote:
>  I'm using Fedora 7 with xen's virt-manager. I'd manage to
> install a full
>  virtualized WinXp domU after changing the settings in .xml files. Now I
>  would like to try to install the paravirtualize fedora 7 using virt-manager 
>  
>   
>  
>  I'm using this install media address >
>  http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ 
That's actually FC6.

>  And the virt-manager console was managed to show up the installation
> screen.
>  After the normal steps of the installation, the console was hanged when it
>  shows the 'Retrieving image2' 
Yes, I've heard of bugs like this too ...

>  I even had tried to used the Fedora 7 installation DVD as the
> installation
>  media but it's cant detect the cdrom when the installation begins. I'd
>  googled and find out that I can export the DVD using a FTP/NFS/HTTP from
>  dom0 host, but how to do this?
>  
>   
>  
>  According to Sadique, the Fedora 8 seems to have a better and easy
>  virt-manager to manipulate the Xen virtualization. How to upgrade the fedora
>  7's virt-manager to fedora 8's? 
You'll probably want to upgrade more than just virt-manager.  At least 
libvirt, python-virtinst, xen and kernel-xen.

Enable the Fedora development repository while installing these by doing:

   yum --enablerepo=development install xen [etc...]

Rich.

-- 
Emerging Technologies, Red Hat - http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/
Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod
Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, United Kingdom.  Registered in
England and Wales under Company Registration No. 03798903