Re: [Xen-users] bare metal install?

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

jim burns wrote:
> On Saturday 08 March 2008 12:58:08 pm The Archer wrote:
>   
> > Is there a way to get a xen install onto a blank HD, or is the only way to
> > install an OS first and then overlay xen?
> >     
> I suppose you could try some of the various dvd installers, like Anaconda 
> (Fedora) & Yast (SuSE), that allow you to select which packages you want 
> before the install. I suspect that various imperfect package prereqs will 
> bite you - a package requires 'kernel' exactly, not just any kernel flavor. 
> I'm not aware of any xen live cds.
>   
Kickstart files can be coordinated with RHEL/Fedora to install the Xen 
Dom0 pre-requisites. Under RedHat and Fedora, simply include "xen", 
which pulls in the kernel-xen and libraries, and "virt-manager", which 
pulls in virt-install and relevant python bits.
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