Message: 2
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:04:47 +0800
From: John Morris <jman@ablesky.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Re: centos over debian
To: TMC <tmciolek@gmail.com>, xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Message-ID: <47BBFB3F.4080801@ablesky.com>
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I do this sort of thing pretty regularly with the files in the 
images/xen directory on the CentOS cd.  I use a config file like the 
following, and just do a "xm create -c norman" or "xm create -c norman 
mode=install".

    John

# Xen config file for norman, the mail guy
#
# use "xm create [-c] <hostname>" to start; add "mode=install" to reinstall!
#
# modify the next block at a minimum
name = "norman"
memory = "128"  # memory for normal operation
ip = "192.168.7.8"
disk = ['phy:domU/norman,xvda,w',
        'phy:domU/mail,xvdb1,w', ]

# change this if you want to add extra interfaces
vif = [ 'mac=00:16:ee:' + ":".join(ip.split('.')[1:4]) + ', bridge=intbr', ]

#
# probably, for paravirt, we don't have to change anything below here
#
vcpus=1
nographic=1
ksfile = "http://summerlite.foobar.com/distro/bigu/kickstart/ks-" + name 
+ ".cfg"
uuid = "99806a2d-827e-da4d-4131-fc32" + ''.join(map(lambda 
x:"%02X"%int(x),ip.split('.')))

# test if mode variable is defined
try:
    mode
except NameError:
    mode = 'normal'

if mode == 'normal':
        # this is for after install
        bootloader="/usr/bin/pygrub"
        on_reboot   = 'restart'
        on_crash    = 'restart'
else:
        # these are for install
        #
        memory = "512"
        kernel = "/v/xen/images/vmlinuz-centos-5.1-x86_64"
        ramdisk = "/v/xen/images/initrd-centos-5.1-x86_64.img"
        extra = "text console=xvc0 ks=" + ksfile
        extra = extra + " dns=192.168.7.5"
        extra = extra + " gateway=192.168.7.1"
        extra = extra + " ip=" + ip
        extra = extra + " netmask=255.255.255.0"
        on_reboot   = 'destroy'
        on_crash    = 'destroy'


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