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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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIwA3mf4s9VQOeRfwRAv71AJ9FQ3EWaRokNrxAHpzAlWRyqtzgewCgsLUz qP3Q1JHJBnQ9uS3hU8UB8TM= =0yfa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
