Difference between revisions of "Upgrade to Xen 3.2"
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| + | ==Building the Xen 3.2 RPM== | ||
There is no pre-compiled Xen 3.2 for CentOS 5 x86_64 available yet, so download the [http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.src.rpm source RPM] from [http://xen.org/ xen.org]. | There is no pre-compiled Xen 3.2 for CentOS 5 x86_64 available yet, so download the [http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.src.rpm source RPM] from [http://xen.org/ xen.org]. | ||
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/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader | /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader | ||
| + | Finally, do the build | ||
| + | rpmbuild -bb xen.spec | ||
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| + | ==Installing the new Xen== | ||
Install the resulting RPMS | Install the resulting RPMS | ||
rpm -i xen-libs-3.2.0-0xs.x86_64.rpm \ | rpm -i xen-libs-3.2.0-0xs.x86_64.rpm \ | ||
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module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 console=xvc xencons=xvc | module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 console=xvc xencons=xvc | ||
module /initrd-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen.img | module /initrd-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen.img | ||
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| + | And reboot. | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 23 April 2008
The CentOS 5.1 distribution comes with Xen 3.1 as an option. To install this, you need to select "Virtualization" during the installation stage or
@virtualization
in the kickstart file.
Building the Xen 3.2 RPM
There is no pre-compiled Xen 3.2 for CentOS 5 x86_64 available yet, so download the source RPM from xen.org.
Install the source RPM
rpm -i xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.src.rpm
which will leave the sources and spec file in /usr/src/redhat. The RPMs can be build when the build requirements are satisfied. The following list of packages should do.
yum install curl-devel dev86 gettext ghostscript \
glibc-devel gnutls-devel gtk2-devel \
libaio-devel libidn-devel libX11-devel \
ncurses-devel openssl-devel perl \
python-devel SDL-devel tetex-latex \
texi2html transfig udev zlib-devel
I had to make one minor change to the spec file: I changed the line
#/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader
to
/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader
Finally, do the build
rpmbuild -bb xen.spec
Installing the new Xen
Install the resulting RPMS
rpm -i xen-libs-3.2.0-0xs.x86_64.rpm \
xen-3.2.0-0xs.x86_64.rpm
Update GRUB: put /boot/xen.gz-3.2 in /etc/grub.conf
default=0
timeout=5
serial --unit=1 --speed=9600
terminal --timeout=5 serial console
title CentOS (2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /xen.gz-3.2 com2=9600,8n1 console=com2,vga
module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 console=xvc xencons=xvc
module /initrd-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen.img
And reboot.
