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Re: [Xen-users] Install ubunto domU

To: Donny Brooks <dbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Install ubunto domU
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 19:22:11 +0300
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On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 10:13:01AM -0500, Donny Brooks wrote:
>  I am upgrading my xen dom0 to Centos 5.5 and trying that way as stated by 
> Pasi here:
> 
> >Or then use CentOS 5.5 as dom0 and apply the el5 pygrub grub2 patch from:
> >https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577511
> >
> >-- Pasi
>  
> But, crazy question... how do I apply that "patch"? Sorry if I sound dumb, 
> just never done that.
>  

Well.. if you want to apply it to a running system you need to extract the 
pieces of the patches
related to different files and then apply them manually.

I did that:
Patch for /usr/bin/pygrub: 
http://pasik.reaktio.net/xen/patches/el5-pygrub-grub2-support-2010-05-27-pygrub.patch
Patch for /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/grub/GrubConf.py: 
http://pasik.reaktio.net/xen/patches/el5-pygrub-grub2-support-2010-05-27-grubconf.patch
Patch for /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/grub/LiloConf.py: 
http://pasik.reaktio.net/xen/patches/el5-pygrub-grub2-support-2010-05-27-liloconf.patch

Example to apply the pygrub patch:

cd /usr/bin
cp -a pygrub pygrub.orig.backup
patch -p4 < /path/to/el5-pygrub-grub2-support-2010-05-27-pygrub.patch

Similar method works for the other two files. Hopefully that helps.

-- Pasi


> Donny B. 
>  
> On Friday, May 28, 2010 10:03 AM CDT, Tapas Mishra <mightydreams@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote: 
>  
> > I tried to install CentOS via pygrub on Debian and I completely failed.
> > 
> > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Boris Derzhavets 
> > <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> > 
> > > Not via "pygrub". It is  pretty easy to install Lucid in PV DomU. Copy off
> > > the disk
> > > kernel and intrd to Dom0, as granny taught.
> > >
> > > Boris.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On *Fri, 5/28/10, Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Install ubunto domU
> > > To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>,
> > > xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Friday, May 28, 2010, 5:02 AM
> > >
> > >
> > > Is there no way to install Ubuntu 10.04 in the current release of Xen 
> > > (What
> > > ever comes with the latest CentOS) ?
> > >
> > > On 28/05/10 09:43, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > >
> > >   > if you want to use Ubuntu 10.04, you'd best use Fedora 13 or 12?
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2010052502335OSSV
> > >
> > > --- On *Fri, 5/28/10, Jonathan Tripathy 
> > > <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx><http://mc/compose?to=jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > * wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Jonathan Tripathy 
> > > <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx><http://mc/compose?to=jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Install ubunto domU
> > > To: "Boris Derzhavets" 
> > > <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx><http://mc/compose?to=bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>,
> > > Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Friday, May 28, 2010, 4:25 AM
> > >
> > >  I'm very interested in this as well.
> > >
> > > What is pygrub? Are you saying that for the time being, if you want to use
> > > Ubuntu 10.04, you'd best use Fedora 13 or 12?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > On 28/05/10 05:39, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > >
> > >   You can run Ubuntu Lucid PV guest at 3.4.2, but not via "pygrub"
> > > Gitco.de/repo doesn't contain required 4.0 src.rpm . It's Gunter's policy 
> > > i
> > > guess.
> > > When he will make 4.0.1 he would probably provide it.
> > > I would remove CentOS 5.4 as Dom0 base and build system on F13 (F12)
> > > due to xen-4.0.0.-0.7.f12.src.rpm available at xensource.
> > >
> > > wget http://pasik.reaktio.net/fedora/xen-4.0.0-0.7.fc12.src.rpm
> > >
> > > Boris.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On *Thu, 5/27/10, Donny Brooks <dbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Donny Brooks <dbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Install ubunto domU
> > > To: "xen-users" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 3:21 PM
> > >
> > >  I read this and I gather I need to be running Xen 4.0 in order to run
> > > Ubuntu 10.04 as a pv domu... is that correct? I am currently at 3.4.2 on a
> > > centos 5.4 dom0 but need to run some ubuntu domu's very badly. Please
> > > advise!
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Donny B.
> > >
> > > On Monday, May 17, 2010 10:39 PM CDT, Boris Derzhavets <
> > > bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > I tried to follow your steps (installing Lucid x86_64 PV domU on a
> > > > CentOS 54 x86_64 dom0, running xen 3.4.2 from gitco) ... but was not
> > > > successful. Something is still escaping me.
> > > >
> > > > Yes , you missing David's patch. Personally , i could back port it only
> > > to Xen 4.0,
> > > > even Xen 3.4.3 was not enough. Some other CSs from 4.0 are required for
> > > consistency and you don't know which ones.
> > > >
> > > > You are at 3.4.2 !
> > > >
> > > > I believe gitco did Xen 4.0 rpms. Gitgo's  4.0 src.rpm has to patched 
> > > > per
> > > David and rpms rebuilt. That 's in case you want "pygrub" to be bootloader
> > > for DomU . It's comfortable, but not required.
> > > >
> > > > Boris.
> > > >
> > > > --- On Mon, 5/17/10, David Markey <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: David Markey <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Install ubunto domU
> > > > To: "Nuno L. Ferreira" <nunolf@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-users" <
> > > xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Date: Monday, May 17, 2010, 6:54 PM
> > > >
> > > > You need
> > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-04/msg00748.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 17 May 2010 23:24, Nuno L. Ferreira <nunolf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear *, Boris
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I tried to follow your steps (installing Lucid x86_64 PV domU on a 
> > > > CentOS
> > > 54 x86_64 dom0, running xen 3.4.2 from gitco) ... but was not successful.
> > > Something is still escaping me.
> > > >
> > > > Installation went just fine till the end after a "xm create -c 
> > > > lucid.xen"
> > > (see below).
> > > >
> > > > After installation (without any modifications to what was installed) I
> > > edited the xen config file (test.xen, see below) to boot with pygrub
> > > instead. But I get the following error:
> > > >
> > > > Error: Boot loader didn't return any data!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I checked that the new domU does not have /usr/bin/pygrub, and this
> > > explains the error.
> > > >
> > > > So Boris, how did you boot your ubunto based domU after a netboot
> > > installation?
> > > >
> > > > I did not tried yet the debootstrap method also suggested ... first I
> > > want to know what I'm doing wrong here.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm a bit lost on setting up an ubunto domU, first time getting outside
> > > RedHat like OSes. So if there are some good working links to 
> > > blogs/tutorials
> > > on how to install ubunto domU's on RedHat like dom0's I'll appreciate.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > N.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > P.S. Steps taken :
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1 - lvcreate -n domu.ubunto.lucid -L 4G vg1
> > > >
> > > > 2 - mkfs.ext3 /dev/vg1/domu.ubunto.lucid
> > > >
> > > > 3 - wget
> > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/vmlinuz
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 4 - wget
> > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/initrd.gz
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 5 - cat lucid.xen
> > > >
> > > > name      = "lucid"
> > > >
> > > > memory    = 1024
> > > >
> > > > disk      = ['phy:/dev/vg1/domu.ubunto.lucid,xvda,w' ]
> > > >
> > > > vif       = [ 'bridge=eth0' ]
> > > >
> > > > kernel    = "/mnt/dom0/data/domu.setup/ubunto/lucid/vmlinuz"
> > > >
> > > > ramdisk   = "/mnt/dom0/data/domu.setup/ubunto/lucid/initrd.gz"
> > > >
> > > > vcpus     = 1
> > > >
> > > > on_reboot = 'destroy'
> > > >
> > > > on_crash  = 'destroy'
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 6 - xm create -c lucid.xen
> > > >
> > > > ... installation goes just fine ...
> > > >
> > > > 7 - cat test.xen
> > > >
> > > > name        = "test"
> > > >
> > > > memory      = 512
> > > >
> > > > maxmem      = 1024
> > > >
> > > > bootloader  = '/usr/bin/pygrub'
> > > >
> > > > disk        = ['phy:/dev/vg1/domu.spyder.root,xvda,w' ]
> > > >
> > > > vif         = [ 'bridge=eth0' ]
> > > >
> > > > vcpus       = 1
> > > >
> > > > on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> > > >
> > > > on_reboot   = 'restart'
> > > >
> > > > on_crash    = 'restart'
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 8 - xm create -c test.xen
> > > >
> > > > Using config file "./test.xen".
> > > >
> > > > Error: Boot loader didn't return any data!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I was able to start installer :
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > root@ServerLnx:/home/boris/ubuntu# wget
> > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/vmlinuz
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --2010-05-13 12:36:14--
> > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/vmlinuz
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Resolving archive.ubuntu.com... 91.189.92.167, 91.189.88.30,
> > > 91.189.88.31, ...
> > > >
> > > > Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com|91.189.92.167|:80... connected.
> > > >
> > > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> > > >
> > > > Length: 4037888 (3.9M) [text/plain]
> > > >
> > > > Saving to: `vmlinuz'
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > 100%[========================================================================>]
> > > 4,037,888    101K/s   in 27s
> > > >
> > > > 2010-05-13 12:36:41 (144 KB/s) - `vmlinuz' saved [4037888/4037888]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > root@ServerLnx:/home/boris/ubuntu# wget
> > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/initrd.gz
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --2010-05-13 12:37:02--
> > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/initrd.gz
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Resolving archive.ubuntu.com... 91.189.92.166, 91.189.92.167,
> > > 91.189.88.30, ...
> > > >
> > > > Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com|91.189.92.166|:80... connected.
> > > >
> > > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> > > >
> > > > Length: 9678415 (9.2M) [application/x-gzip]
> > > >
> > > > Saving to: `initrd.gz'
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > 100%[========================================================================>]
> > > 9,678,415    200K/s   in 60s
> > > >
> > > > 2010-05-13 12:38:03 (156 KB/s) - `initrd.gz' saved [9678415/9678415]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > root@ServerLnx:/home/boris/ubuntu# cat ubuntu.cfg
> > > >
> > > > name="U10PV"
> > > >
> > > > memory=2048
> > > >
> > > > disk = ['phy:/dev/sdb5,xvda,w' ]
> > > >
> > > > vif = [ 'bridge=eth0' ]
> > > >
> > > > # vfb = [ 'type=vnc,vncunused=1']
> > > >
> > > > kernel = "/home/boris/ubuntu/vmlinuz"
> > > >
> > > > ramdisk = "/home/boris/ubuntu/initrd.gz"
> > > >
> > > > vcpus=2
> > > >
> > > > on_reboot = 'restart'
> > > >
> > > > on_crash = 'restart'
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > # xm create -c ubuntu.cfg
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > and see several obvious disadvantages (vs HVM convertion) :
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1. VFB doesn't work
> > > >
> > > > 2. After selecting local mirror "Installing base system" is already
> > > running for 15 min
> > > >
> > > > at 2MB/sec ADSL connection.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Boris.
> > > >
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