Re: [CentOS] Question about running a CentOS4.8 (32-bit) guest under CentOS5.4xen (64-bit)
At Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:33:00 +0100 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Robert Heller wrote on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:37:30 -0500: > > > I followed the instructions in Appendix A > > of the xen user manual (/usr/share/doc/xen-3.0.3/pdf/user.pdf) > > Why consult the wiki? > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/MoveNative2DomU > > You need a xenified kernel. I see you use the plus kernel. There might be > no xenified plus kernel. > Anyway, what you have to do, if I remember right, is to mount the c4 > partition in your c5, chroot to it and then install that xenified kernel > and a new initrd to it. Read the instructions about "4.5-only" on the > wiki, that should get you going. Yes, this got me going. There were some other (minor) issues, but I figured them out as well. Thanks! > > Kai > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software-- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows hel...@deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Question about running a CentOS4.8 (32-bit) guest under CentOS5.4xen (64-bit)
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 04:37:30PM -0500, Robert Heller wrote: > I am trying to run my old CentOS4.8 (32-bit) system as a guest system > under CentOS5.4xen (64-bit). I followed the instructions in Appendix A > of the xen user manual (/usr/share/doc/xen-3.0.3/pdf/user.pdf) and > created a 'disk image' (actually a 10gig LVM logical volume: > Check this instead: http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Virtualization_Guide/index.html You can install CentOS4 guest using virt-install or virt-manager. The problem you have with your custom-made guest is that you're not using a Xen PV kernel. iirc it's called kernel-xenU in EL 4.8. -- Pasi > sauron.deepsoft.com% sudo fdisk -l /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest > > Disk /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes > 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 40960 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id > System > /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest1 * 1 4096010485744 83 > Linux > sauron.deepsoft.com% sudo lomount -t ext3 -diskimage > /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest -partition 1 /mnt/guest > sauron.deepsoft.com% ls -ltr /mnt/guest/boot > total 17432 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1425764 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.img > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 832064 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL.img > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 832055 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.img > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 766328 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-78.0.22.EL.img-orig > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51613 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55212 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768504 Jan 21 20:35 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 787043 Jan 21 20:35 > System.map-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768660 Jan 21 20:35 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768660 Jan 21 20:35 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768606 Jan 21 20:35 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 21 20:35 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 78176 Jan 21 20:35 > symvers-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 21 20:35 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 21 20:35 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 21 20:35 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 832001 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL.img > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1533159 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1579298 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536244 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536207 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1533468 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root4096 Jan 21 20:36 grub > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 796960 Jan 22 15:35 > initrd-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4.img > sauron.deepsoft.com% cat /mnt/guest/boot/grub/grub.conf > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > # > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > # root (hd0,0) > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sauron/c5root > # initrd /initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/sda > default=1 > timeout=5 > #splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > hiddenmenu > title CentOS4 (2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4 ro root=/dev/hda1 single > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4.img > > pygrub seems to be happy: > > sudo /usr/bin/pygrub /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest > > [Reasonable imitation of a Grub boot screen] > > linux (kernel /var/lib/xen/boot_kernel.8bcf-G)(ramdisk > /var/lib/xen/boot_ramdisk > > But when I try to start the guest, I get: > > error: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: > (xend.err "Error creating domain: (2, 'Invalid kernel', > 'xc_dom_find_loader: no loader found\\n')") > > I googled this error message and the only hits I got were about FC11 or > FC12 and some issue relating to how the kernel image was compressed, > which probably does not relate to an *older* CentOS 4 kernel. > > The config file for this guest is: > > sauron.deepsoft.com% sudo cat /etc/xen/c4guest > name = "c4guest" > uuid = "06bfb4e1-c427-c93c-2365-b80b832bb6d4" > maxmem = 512 > memory = 512 > vcpus = 1 > bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub" > on_poweroff = "destroy" > on_reboot = "restart" > on_crash = "restart" > vfb = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=1,keymap=en-us" ] > disk = [ "phy:/dev/mapper/sa
Re: [CentOS] Question about running a CentOS4.8 (32-bit) guest under CentOS5.4xen (64-bit)
Robert Heller wrote on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:37:30 -0500: > I followed the instructions in Appendix A > of the xen user manual (/usr/share/doc/xen-3.0.3/pdf/user.pdf) Why consult the wiki? http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/MoveNative2DomU You need a xenified kernel. I see you use the plus kernel. There might be no xenified plus kernel. Anyway, what you have to do, if I remember right, is to mount the c4 partition in your c5, chroot to it and then install that xenified kernel and a new initrd to it. Read the instructions about "4.5-only" on the wiki, that should get you going. Kai -- Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Question about running a CentOS4.8 (32-bit) guest under CentOS5.4xen (64-bit)
I am trying to run my old CentOS4.8 (32-bit) system as a guest system under CentOS5.4xen (64-bit). I followed the instructions in Appendix A of the xen user manual (/usr/share/doc/xen-3.0.3/pdf/user.pdf) and created a 'disk image' (actually a 10gig LVM logical volume: sauron.deepsoft.com% sudo fdisk -l /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest Disk /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 40960 cylinders Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest1 * 1 4096010485744 83 Linux sauron.deepsoft.com% sudo lomount -t ext3 -diskimage /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest -partition 1 /mnt/guest sauron.deepsoft.com% ls -ltr /mnt/guest/boot total 17432 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1425764 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 832064 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 832055 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 766328 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-78.0.22.EL.img-orig -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51613 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55212 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Jan 21 20:35 config-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768504 Jan 21 20:35 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 787043 Jan 21 20:35 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768660 Jan 21 20:35 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768660 Jan 21 20:35 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768606 Jan 21 20:35 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 21 20:35 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 78176 Jan 21 20:35 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 21 20:35 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 21 20:35 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 21 20:35 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 832001 Jan 21 20:35 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1533159 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1579298 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536244 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536207 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1533468 Jan 21 20:35 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL drwxr-xr-x 2 root root4096 Jan 21 20:36 grub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 796960 Jan 22 15:35 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4.img sauron.deepsoft.com% cat /mnt/guest/boot/grub/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sauron/c5root # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=1 timeout=5 #splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title CentOS4 (2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4 ro root=/dev/hda1 single initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.plus.c4.img pygrub seems to be happy: sudo /usr/bin/pygrub /dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest [Reasonable imitation of a Grub boot screen] linux (kernel /var/lib/xen/boot_kernel.8bcf-G)(ramdisk /var/lib/xen/boot_ramdisk But when I try to start the guest, I get: error: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err "Error creating domain: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 'xc_dom_find_loader: no loader found\\n')") I googled this error message and the only hits I got were about FC11 or FC12 and some issue relating to how the kernel image was compressed, which probably does not relate to an *older* CentOS 4 kernel. The config file for this guest is: sauron.deepsoft.com% sudo cat /etc/xen/c4guest name = "c4guest" uuid = "06bfb4e1-c427-c93c-2365-b80b832bb6d4" maxmem = 512 memory = 512 vcpus = 1 bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub" on_poweroff = "destroy" on_reboot = "restart" on_crash = "restart" vfb = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=1,keymap=en-us" ] disk = [ "phy:/dev/mapper/sauron-c4guest,xvda,w" ] vif = [ "mac=00:16:36:0a:d9:ac,bridge=virbr0,script=vif-bridge" ] What am I missing? It also appears I am limited to paravirtualization (does this matter?), because my processor does not seem to support hardware virtualization support: processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 127 model name : AMD Sempron(tm) Processor LE-1300 stepping: 2 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 512 KB fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de
