Re: [Xen-users] Install ubunto domU

[Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could someone please explain how the posts below relate to this link:

http://www.agileweboperations.com/xen-debian-lenny-dom0-with-ubuntu-lucid-guest/

Is he installing the patch?

On 28/05/10 12:02, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 09:39:51PM -0700, 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.
> >
> >      
> 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
>
>    
> > 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<[1]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<[2]admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >    >
> >    >  From: David Markey<[3]admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >    >  Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Install ubunto domU
> >    >  To: "Nuno L. Ferreira"<[4]nunolf@xxxxxxxxx>
> >    >  Cc: "Boris Derzhavets"<[5]bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, 
> > "xen-users"<[6]xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >    >  Date: Monday, May 17, 2010, 6:54 PM
> >    >
> >    >  You need 
> > [7]http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-04/msg00748.html
> >    >
> >    >
> >    >  On 17 May 2010 23:24, Nuno L. Ferreira<[8]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
> >    
> > [9]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/vmlinuz
> >    >
> >    >
> >    >  4 - wget
> >    
> > [10]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
> >    
> > [11]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/vmlinuz
> >    >
> >    >
> >    >  --2010-05-13 12:36:14--
> >     
> > [12]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
> >    
> > [13]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/initrd.gz
> >    >
> >    >
> >    >  --2010-05-13 12:37:02--
> >     
> > [14]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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> >     9. 
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/vmlinuz
> >    10. 
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/initrd.gz
> >    11. 
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/vmlinuz
> >    12. 
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/vmlinuz
> >    13. 
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/initrd.gz
> >    14. 
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/initrd.gz
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