Re: [Xen-users] how to use prebuilt images from jailtime.org?

["Gordon McLellan" <gordonthree@xxxxxxxxx>]

Service "local" refers to /etc/rc.local ... that is the end of
startup, nothing else will be printed after that.

Try pressing enter a few times, and you will get a login prompt.

In regards to loading windows ... installation of XP shouldn't be any
different than Windows 2003.   When you're in the blue screen portion
of setup, you'll see a prompt at the bottom of the screen that says
something like Press F6 to load additional drivers.  Press F5 when you
see that prompt, and choose "Standard PC".

The rest of the install is 100% the same as installing it on a physical PC.

If you're running Centos 5.1 as Dom0, you can use the virtualization
manager.  Tell it you want to create a fully virtual machine, make
sure you choose OS Type = Windows and OS Variant = Microsoft Windows
2003

Gordon


On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gordon McLellan wrote:
>
> > Hello Rudi,
> >
> > >From that output, it looks like it has hung after the ssh service
> > starts.  I wonder about the VIF line in your xen config file.  Why is
> > it empty? Is vif = [ '' ] the same as accepting whatever default
> > adapter xen is configured to provide?  How long do you let it sit
> > there when it appears hung.  Depending on what it's trying to do, it
> > could take several minutes to time out, before moving onto the next
> > service.
> >
> > You could try pressing "i" when prompted, and go through your services
> > one at a time, to see which one is hanging things up.
> >
> >
>  Ok, this is where it freezes:
>
>  Start service sshd (Y)es/(N)o/(C)ontinue? [Y] y
>  Starting sshd: [  OK  ]
>  Start service local (Y)es/(N)o/(C)ontinue? [Y] y
>
>
>  I just leave it, and nothing happens.
>
>
>
> > In regards to Windows, I have one hvm image of windows server 2003
> > which was configured using the virt-manager gui.  The install was
> > pretty straight forward, except that Windows was unable to detect my
> > PC type.  When I was prompted to press F6 to load additional drivers,
> > I pressed F5 instead, and selected "Standard PC".  As I understand it,
> > this tells windows which HAL to use for interfacing the NT kernel with
> > the underlying hardware.
> >
> > Gordon
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Gordon McLellan wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I can't comment on some of the fancier images offered by jailtime, but
> > > > for something like Centos (or rhel), I recommend you roll your own
> > > > image.  I created a local mirror of the Centos 5.1 files, and it takes
> > > > about 8 min to do a kickstart installation.
> > > >
> > > > >From what I've learned so far, xvda is provided by the xen block
> > > > device driver, which is either in the kernel image, or part of the
> > > > initial ramdisk (initrd).  I see in your config file you are booting a
> > > > special kernel, but without special initrd.  Usually they go hand in
> > > > hand.
> > > >
> > > > Here is my centos 5.1 xen config file.  You'll note I am using an lvm
> > > > logical volume as the block device, instead of a loopback file.
> > > >
> > > > # cat netserver
> > > > # uncomment the kernel, ramdisk and extra lines for a kickstart
> install
> > > > # make sure to comment the bootloader line
> > > > # after the install, comment kernel, ramdisk and extra, uncomment
> > > >
> > > >
> > > bootloader
> > >
> > >
> > > > #kernel = "/root/xen/centos64-xen-vmlinuz"
> > > > #ramdisk = "/root/xen/centos64-xen-initrd.img"
> > > > #extra = "text ks=http://192.168.2.8/centos64-2.ks";
> > > > bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"
> > > > name = "netserver"
> > > > memory = "256"
> > > > disk = [ 'phy:vg0/xen_netserver,xvda,w', ]
> > > > vif = [ 'bridge=xenbr0', ]
> > > > vcpus=1
> > > > on_reboot = 'restart'
> > > > on_crash = 'restart'
> > > > on_poweroff = 'restart'
> > > > #on_reboot = 'destroy'
> > > > #on_crash = 'destroy'
> > > > #on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> > > >
> > > > This is the site that taught me how to do a centos domu via kickstart:
> > > >
> > > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/InstallingCentOSDomU
> > > >
> > > > Gordon
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >  Hi Gordon
> > >
> > >  I actually want to get FreeBSD & Windows working on my CentOS 5.1 x64
> > > server as well, so the jailtime images seem ideal.
> > >
> > >  I've modied the /etc/xen/centos.5-1.cfg file a bit, and the VPS is
> starting
> > > up, but haning at the sshd service:
> > >
> > >  INIT: version 2.86 booting
> > >               Welcome to  CentOS release 5 (Final)
> > >               Press 'I' to enter interactive startup.
> > >  Setting clock : Mon Apr  7 13:02:55 EDT 2008 [  OK  ]
> > >  Starting udev: [  OK  ]
> > >  Setting hostname centos_pristine:  [  OK  ]
> > >  Checking filesystems
> > >  Checking all file systems.
> > >  [/sbin/fsck.ext3 (1) -- /] fsck.ext3 -a /dev/xvda1
> > >  /dev/xvda1: clean, 25465/128256 files, 96182/256256 blocks
> > >  [  OK  ]
> > >  Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode:  [  OK  ]
> > >  Mounting local filesystems:  [  OK  ]
> > >  Enabling /etc/fstab swaps:  [  OK  ]
> > >  INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
> > >  Entering non-interactive startup
> > >  Bringing up loopback interface:  [  OK  ]
> > >  Bringing up interface eth0:
> > >  Determining IP information for eth0... failed.
> > >  [FAILED]
> > >  Starting system logger: [  OK  ]
> > >  Starting kernel logger: [  OK  ]
> > >  Mounting other filesystems:  [  OK  ]
> > >  Starting sshd: [  OK  ]
> > >
> > >  This is my config:
> > >
> > >  [root@temp01 ~]# more /etc/xen/centos.5-1.xen3.cfg
> > >  kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen"
> > >  ramdisk = "/boot/xen-guest-initrd"
> > >  memory = 512
> > >  name = "centos.5-1"
> > >  vif = [ '' ]
> > >  dhcp = "dhcp"
> > >  disk = ['file:/home/centos.5-1.img,xvda1,w',
> 'file://centos.swap,xvda2,w']
> > >
> > >
> > >  root = "/dev/xvda1 ro"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>  --
>
>
>  Kind Regards
>  Rudi Ahlers
>  CEO, SoftDux
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