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There are a few methods for doing this, depending on how much free disk
space you have. IMHO, the easiest way is to install on a totally
different partition (run the installation disk, install a minimum
install to that partition, being sure *not* to write any boot loader.
Then, from Domain 0 (host) you select that partition as the one that
you want to start, by using a configuration file similar to this one:

[root@persephone ~]# cat /etc/xen/xen.conf
kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xenU"
memory = 64
name = "Mail"
disk = ['phy:hda5,hda5,rw']
root = "/dev/hda5 ro"

(assuming that the partition you installed on was hda5).

To start this domain, you can type 'xm create /etc/xen/xen.conf -c'
(assuming your config file is xen.conf). If all goes well, you should
boot up and get a working console for your other domain.

--
Wyatt

Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction
listen to weather forecasts and economists?
-- Kelvin Throop III


On 23-Jun-05, at 10:45 AM, Piyush Porwal wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am mentioning the order I tried to install xen on my system. I would
> like to know is it correct?
> On FC2 (my host linux):
> 1. Installed python, ZopeInterface, twisted, iptable, logging and
> other dependency stuff
> 2. Did 'make all' in base xen directory after changing kernel version
> to 2.4 in makefile.
> 3. made changes in grub.conf
> 4. bootup in xen, start xen service using 'xend start'
> If the above steps are correct then how to install the guest linux
> and how to boot in it.
>
> I would be very thankful if someone cared to answer such basic
> questions.
> Piyush
>
>
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