aspasia schrieb: > Hello all, > > So I wanted to also provide the option of my diskless server users to > boot CentOS51 Xen kernel via iSCSI root ... Instead of building the > image with an installation on hard drive, I thought I'd boot on an > existing copy of an iscsiRoot golden image and upgrade CentOS51 to xen > kernel from there. I did the following: > > 1. yum install kernel-xen xen > > 2. I was going to manipulate the Xen initrd but when I ls'ed into > the /boot directory - the installation did not include providing a Xen- > specific initrd. > > 3. Well, at this point, I have: > > a. my Xen kernel: vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.21.el5xen > b. However, there is no initrd image specific to the above kernel. > > 4. I'm still booted and running on my non-Xen kernel: > uname -r > 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] boot]# > > 5. I can't boot against the new vmlinuz kernel via the pxelinux.cfg > since I would have to pass on an initrd that has been generated from a > CentOS xen kernel ... > > My question - is there a way around this situation so that I could > maybe edit or hack the current initrd so as to make it boot with the > xen kernel? Or should I just reinstall Centos with Xen on hard drive > and build my iscsiRoot and initrd the proper way?
See http://wpkg.org/Diskless_/_remote_boot_with_Open-iSCSI on how to make a custom initrd for iSCSI booting. -- Tomasz Chmielewski --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "open-iscsi" group. To post to this group, send email to open-iscsi@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
