Fai to install a Xen Dom0

[Kurt Larsen]

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Michael Tautschnig wrote:
>> Can someone point me in the direction of any documentation,  that
>> clearly outlines what files would need to be altered and or added to
>> use a FAI  to install a xen kernel/ Dom0 on a virgin server?  any help
>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Before coming here and asking for any help, I have googled, wikied,
>> IRC logs and tried just about every configuration that I can think of,
>> to make this work.
>>
>> I am using Debian Etch, with etch and sid in sources.list, for the
>> version of Xen we use. If I could get any xen/dom0 kernel to work, I
>> would consider that a success.
>>
>
> What exactly is it that troubles you? In what sense does a Xen Dom0
differ from
> any other host, other than it requires a specific kernel flavor to be
installed?
> We've installed all our Dom0s that way, and I fail to see the problem.
>
> One thing I'm not sure whether I understood it correctly: Are you trying to
> install your Dom0 kernel as part of a complete installation using FAI,
or are
> you rather planning to "upgrade" your server to a Dom0, which would
mean using
> softupdates in case of FAI.
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
Michael,

Thank you for your reply.

Are you trying to
install your Dom0 kernel as part of a complete installation using FAI

Yes,  I was trying to use FAI to set this up so that when the host
server is rebooted, a xen kernel is loaded.

I can provide more information if needed, and thank you for your time.

pkg's I would typically use manually to install a xen kernel.

"linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686 xen-utils-3.2-1
xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-i386 xen-tools sysutils bridge-utils libc6-xen
iproute libterm-readline-gnu-perl openssh-server openssh-client ssmtp
bsd-mailx snmp snmpd ntp less rsync psmisc util-linux"


Regards,

Kurt Larsen



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