It's not really a big deal. Just pour the contents of RHEL5 DVD into a directory, /install for example. Decide on network configuration between your host machine and the Xen guest. for example you decide to create a private LAN between them utilizing the infamous 192.168.X.X address range. Configure a network interface with an address from the range. Now create an exports record in /etc/exports like this;
/install 192.168.1.0/24(ro,no_root_squash,sync) Now fire up NFS server (/etc/init.d/nfs start) Check that the NFS is up and the export is avail; showmount -e localhost (or whatever 192.168. IP you've chosen) Congrats, you've just set up an NFS server serving your RHEL distro! HTH On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Tangren, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Export it to where? Do I have to manufacture a web or ftp server just for > this? > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of crypto grid > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:11 PM > To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list > Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] getting started with xen > > > > you should export your installation tree (from RHEL install dvd or iso > image) using NFS. > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Tangren, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I am new to installing virtual machines, and am trying to work through > examples in the RH virtualization guide, to set up paravirtualization on > a box on which I have the xen kernel loaded (and the virtualization > channel enabled). > > The problem I am running into is the location of the installation files. > It appears that I cannot install from my install CDs, that I have to > have an ftp or http install location. I'd like the guest to be another > RH 5 distro. Where can I find, or how can I set up, an installation tree > to use to do this? This is very frustrating. I cannot find examples of > how to do it. I CAN find examples of fedora boot images on a fedora web > site, but nothing for RH 5? > > Could someone point me in the right direction please? > > --- > Bill Tangren > U.S. Naval Observatory > > > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > -- Warm regards, Michael Green _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
