i've gotten much closer to the solution. turns out that" (1) Centos' "vmlinuz" & "initrd.img" provide full & equivalent functionality to the C5.5 netinstall ISO. *NO* iso->cdrom mount is required, (2) even if it were, for PV, mounting hdc:cdrom is incorrect; that's for HVM making changes, the following gets me to the Centos installer in a VNC console ... ------------------------------------------------- name = 'centos' builder = 'linux' kernel = "/home/xen/centos55/xenboot/vmlinuz" ramdisk = "/home/xen/centos55/xenboot/initrd.img" disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VG0/vm_boot,xvda,w', 'phy:/dev/VG0/vm_swap,xvdb,w', 'phy:/dev/VG0/vm_root,xvdc,w', ] vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3E:01:06:00, bridge=brA, vifname=vif.A'] vfb = [ 'type=vnc, vncdisplay=106, vnclisten=192.168.1.2' ] extra = 'textmode=0 xencons=xvc0 elevator=noop lang=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard=us timezone=America/Los_Angeles ip=192.168.1.106 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.1 dns=192.168.1.1 noipv6' maxmem = 1024 memory = 1024 vcpus = 4 cpu_cap = 100 cpu_weight = 256 localtime = 0 on_shutdown = 'destroy' on_reboot = 'restart' on_crash = 'destroy' ------------------------------------------------- the installer queries for device (eth0), method (http), and source url/dir (mirrors.kernel.org, centos/5.5/os/x86_64/), then begins downloading. when i try to get that additional info onto the "extra=" line, with any of, url=http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/' method=http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.5/os/x86_64' device=eth0 the info's simply ignored -- no launch error -- and the installer, again, interactively queries for the same info, then proceeds. i've searched for hints for that Centos "extra=" line, so far to no avail ... at least not without using an additional 'kickstart' config file. any idea what works? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help@opensuse.org