Re: [Xen-users] How to install a domu

[Chris Andrews <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David F Barrera wrote on 15/06/05 17:26:
> On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 17:18 +0100, Shahzad Chohan wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I know this is probably a basic question, but I'm having real
> > difficulty in trying to figure out a way of installing a rhel 3 (not a
> > yum distro) domU. I'm stumped for ideas, everywhere else it talks
> > about installing fedora but it has the luxury of using yum. Please can
> > someone help me with a guide as to how to accomplish this. I've
> > searched google but I'm not having much luck.
> >
> > So far I've got a partition /dev/hda5. I ran MAKEDEV, but after this
> > I'm stuck  about do I install an the os  into it?
> I've done this before where I do a normal OS install on a separate
> partition, then use that as DomU. 
The only thing to watch, if you do this on the same machine, is to tell the 
RHEL3 installer not to install a bootloader or you'll break your dom0.
There's definitely the option in RHEL3's installer; I've done exactly this. 
I don't believe you even need to use 'expert' mode.

Chris.

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