Re: [CentOS] Converting HVM to PV kernel CentOS7

2015-08-18 Thread Venkateswara Rao Dokku
I have taken the latest CentOS 7 base image, and after the installation & customization I came to know that it is HVM. So, I wanted to know before hand itself whether its HVM or PV. How can I do it? are there any specific steps we need to follow? On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Andrew Holway wr

Re: [CentOS] Converting HVM to PV kernel CentOS7

2015-08-18 Thread Andrew Holway
All modern kernels are PV compatible. You can take the same Linux image and run it HVM or PV. On 19 August 2015 at 09:19, Venkateswara Rao Dokku wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > If we want to have PV kernel for CentOs 7 , are there any guidelines to > follow? > How we can know before hand it

Re: [CentOS] Converting HVM to PV kernel CentOS7

2015-08-18 Thread Venkateswara Rao Dokku
Thanks for the reply. If we want to have PV kernel for CentOs 7 , are there any guidelines to follow? How we can know before hand itself that this kernel is PV or HVM, without installing kernel? On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:27 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 8/18/2015 10:37 PM, Venkateswara Rao Dok

Re: [CentOS] Converting HVM to PV kernel CentOS7

2015-08-18 Thread John R Pierce
On 8/18/2015 10:37 PM, Venkateswara Rao Dokku wrote: Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the typo in the earlier mail. I have PV-HVM of CentOS 7 & I need to convert it to PV kernel. Basically here I am trying to see whether my PV_HVM kernel is vulenrable to this issue given in the following link htt

Re: [CentOS] Converting HVM to PV kernel CentOS7

2015-08-18 Thread Venkateswara Rao Dokku
Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the typo in the earlier mail. I have PV-HVM of CentOS 7 & I need to convert it to PV kernel. Basically here I am trying to see whether my PV_HVM kernel is vulenrable to this issue given in the following link http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/212 In the above link

Re: [CentOS] Converting HVM to PV kernel CentOS7

2015-08-18 Thread John R Pierce
On 8/18/2015 9:53 PM, Venkateswara Rao Dokku wrote: I have installed CentOS 7 HVM kernel. I would like to convert it to CentOs 7 PV kernel. When googled about it, I found that this can be done by following commands yum install xen or yum install kernel-xen But, when I tried the below commands,

[CentOS] Converting HVM to PV kernel CentOS7

2015-08-18 Thread Venkateswara Rao Dokku
Hi, I have installed CentOS 7 HVM kernel. I would like to convert it to CentOs 7 PV kernel. When googled about it, I found that this can be done by following commands yum install xen or yum install kernel-xen But, when I tried the below commands, I am getting the error *"No package kernel-xen a