| 70.3. How to install a Xen-compatible kernel on the guest | ||
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| 70.3. How to install a Xen-compatible kernel on the guest | ||
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To run the virtual machine in a paravitualized environment, a kernel compiled with Xen support is needed.
The procedure may vary between different distributions. We'll analyze only some of those:
Ubuntu: it already has a Xen compatible kernel, so you don't need to install anything
Debian: the Debian installer supports Xen
CentOS: supports Xen out-of-the-box from version 6.4
Fedora: has full Xen support
SmeServer: you need to install the kernel manually:
click on -> and select the iso image of the installation CD
create the directory where mount the CD filesystem: make /media/cdrom
mount the CD-ROM with mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
install the kernel with rpm -ivh /media/cdrom/SME/RPMS/kernel-xen-<kernel-version>.i686.rpm
create a new initrd and include
xenblt and
xennet: mkinitrd
--builtin=ata_piix --with=xenblk --with=xennet
/boot/initrd-<kernel-version>.img <kernel-version>
-f
check that the grub boot list
/boot/grub/menu.lst contains the right
parameters
Turn off the machine using poweroff
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| 70.2. How to create a VM in VirtualBox |  | 70.4. How to convert and upload the disk image |