That'll be fun to debug later ;) I think from memory the problem with EL5 was that you had to run the kernel-xen package - as it wasn't included in the stock kernel. It'd also be easier to do a netinstall vs a CD install and supply it the vmlinuz / initrd of the xen installer.
Either way, Xen 3 has been end of life for many years now - so as far as security go, I wouldn't be putting them anywhere that could be abused. On 21/02/2015 12:26 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > Throwing out old manually defined files from /etc/xen and starting with > virt-install is allowing me to install fully virtualized CentOS and SL 6 > servers for now. I'm afraid I'll have to wait until updating the Xen server > to switch them to para-virtualization, which I'd really prefer. > > Nico Kadel-Garcia > Email: nka...@gmail.com > Sent from iPhone > >> On Feb 20, 2015, at 12:21, Steven Haigh <net...@crc.id.au> wrote: >> >> Configuation wise - it should be pretty much the same. I haven't changed >> my config template for *many* years and it still works with SL6 and Xen >> 4.5.0. >> >> If you followed the best practices back in the day, you used LVM as the >> storage method and have an LV for each DomU that you run. >> >> The only real thing to remember is that the boot= config line doesn't do >> what you think - ie boot=c will boot from the disk - boot=d is from CD. >> Something that remains legacy from inception based on well, in DOS, the >> HDD is C: and the cd drive is D: ;) >> >> In all honesty though, if you're deploying new stuff, I'd use EL6 as a >> base and start with my guide: >> http://xen.crc.id.au/support/guides/install/ >> >> You can use Xen 4.4 by installing the xen44 package, xen 4.5 is still in >> the testing repositories and installed via the xen45 package. >> >>> On 21/02/2015 1:45 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >>> I'm dealing with a Xen 3 server on SL 5 operating system with SL 5 para >>> virtualized guests on it. But I'm having a heck of a time updating guests, >>> getting them CD booted with console access to start the process. >>> >>> Any good pointers with the Xen 3.x built into SL 5 would be welcome. I know >>> it's matured a *lot* since then, and a lot of guidelines just don't apply >>> to such an old setup. >>> >>> Nico Kadel-Garcia >>> Email: nka...@gmail.com >>> Sent from iPhone >>> >>>> On Feb 6, 2015, at 0:25, Steven Haigh <net...@crc.id.au> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> As some of you might know, I package Xen and a Xen Dom0 kernel for EL7. >>>> >>>> If anyone uses Xen and want to test packages for EL7, take a look at: >>>> http://au1.mirror.crc.id.au/repo/el7-testing/ >>>> >>>> The testing repo has Xen version 4.5.0 and kernel 3.14.31. >>>> >>>> Bug tracker: >>>> http://xen.crc.id.au/bugs/my_view_page.php >>>> >>>> Mailing list: >>>> https://lists.wireless.org.au/mailman/listinfo/kernel-xen >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Steven Haigh >>>> >>>> Email: net...@crc.id.au >>>> Web: http://www.crc.id.au >>>> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 >> >> >> -- >> Steven Haigh >> >> Email: net...@crc.id.au >> Web: http://www.crc.id.au >> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 >> -- Steven Haigh Email: net...@crc.id.au Web: http://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
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