Xen
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Fedora Core 5
In FC5, it is extremely easy to install and configure xen. To install, run the following command:
# yum -y install kernel-xen0
I have not been able to get a graphical boot up with the Xen kernel on my machine, so I had to edit the /etc/inittab to boot into runleve 3, and edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file to boot into the xen kernel by default. After performing these modifications, I re-booted into the xen kernel and began installation of my first domU xen instance.
To begin the install process, I first created an NFS share with the installation media for FC5 on another host. This could also be done on the same host as the xen dom0. Once the NFS share was created, I kicked off the installation process with the following command:
# /usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py
Follow the prompts and be sure to specify a location that is not a directory, but a file that will be your xen disk instance. I created a logical volume and mounted it at /xen for my guest instances, then create the guests within this directory.
Once the installation is complete, start the guest with the following command:
xm create -c <guest name>
