April 2009 - openSUSE Virtual - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-virtual] setup xen DomU/Guest from openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64.iso
by Andre Mueller 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

Hello I am new to xen so my question may be vain. On the host I have set-up OpenSuse 11.1 x86_64 and thereafter I have successfully installed xen server (with all latest updates). In the yast xen "Create Virtual Machines" tool I have tried several times to create a xen vm from openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64.iso (iso loaded to the local system from mirror linked on opensuse.org) as repository. Almost at the beginning of the create process I get always the message "Error : The installation source is unusable." - "Details : the 'kernel-xen' and 'install-initrd' packages were not found" Trying the creation of an alternative vm (with equal settings) but using as repository source the openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso (also downloaded from a opensuse.org mirror) the vm is created successfully. So I am wondering why on the openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64.iso the packages 'kernel-xen' and 'install-initrd' are missing and/or do I have missed the an important information, that x86_64 can not be used as guest system? Thanks for any hints, with best regards, André -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-virtual] OpenSuse plans about dom0 kernel
by Sergey Romancev 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Hello, virtualization gurus! As far as i know, the current opensuse distribution provides 2.6.27.7 version of dom0. This is very good progress comparing to 2.6.18 base Xen's dom0 version. And what about the next OpenSuse releases? Do you plan to develop new your own dom0 kernel versions? Or may be you are going to switch your dom0 kernel to paravirt_ops technology, Jeremy Fitzhardinge are pushing now. Sorry, i didn't find any link about OpenSuse virtualization technologies roadmap. Point me to it, please, if any. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-virtual] Updating a OpenSuse 11.0 DomU to OpenSuse 11.1 problem
by Jörg Spilker 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

I recently installed OpenSuse 11.0 together with two OpenSuse 11.0 DomU´s. Now i want to update the complete system to OpenSuse 11.1. I had no problem´s to update the Dom0 system to OpenSuse 11.1. However updating the DomU´s seems to be a problem. The first install of the DomU´s was a install into directory with whole LVM´s partitions exported as disks. My layout is as follows: disk=[ 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_root,xvda,w' , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_boot,xvdb,w' , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_usr,xvdc,w' , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_opt,xvdd,w' , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_var,xvde,w' , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_src,xvdf,w' , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_tmp,xvdg,w' , 'phy:/dev/data/home,xvdh,w' , 'phy:/dev/data/foto,xvdi,w' , 'phy:/dev/data/imap,xvdj,w' , 'phy:/dev/data/news,xvdk,w' , 'phy:/dev/data/squid,xvdl,w' , 'phy:/dev/data/srv,xvdm,w' , 'phy:/dev/hda1,xvdn,w' , 'phy:/dev/backup/backup,xvdo,w' , 'phy:/dev/sr0,xvdy:cdrom,r' , 'phy:/dev/sr1,xvdz:cdrom,r'] for the initial install i did mount the lvm volumens to subdirs of /tmp/install and did a install into this directory. The fstab of the system contains entry like /dev/xvda for mountpoints (i.e a whole disk, not a partition) This was working fine. But i don´t know how i know can update this system to 11.1. Installation into a directory seems to only can handle fresh installs. I created a special startup file for xen with allows a disk install of OpenSuse 11.1. However this doesn´t work because the exported disks are not recognized as expected. When i choose the update option, the installer shows no partitions at all. I have no idea to solve this problem. Do i really have to partition an exported lvm volume first in the DomU before using it as a mountpoint ? Greetings, Jörg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help(a)opensuse.org

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