Throwing out old manually defined files from /etc/xen and starting with virt-install is allowing me to install fully virtualized CentOS and SL 6 servers for now. I'm afraid I'll have to wait until updating the Xen server to switch them to para-virtualization, which I'd really prefer.

Nico Kadel-Garcia
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> On Feb 20, 2015, at 12:21, Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Configuation wise - it should be pretty much the same. I haven't changed
> my config template for *many* years and it still works with SL6 and Xen
> 4.5.0.
> 
> If you followed the best practices back in the day, you used LVM as the
> storage method and have an LV for each DomU that you run.
> 
> The only real thing to remember is that the boot= config line doesn't do
> what you think - ie boot=c will boot from the disk - boot=d is from CD.
> Something that remains legacy from inception based on well, in DOS, the
> HDD is C: and the cd drive is D: ;)
> 
> In all honesty though, if you're deploying new stuff, I'd use EL6 as a
> base and start with my guide:
>    http://xen.crc.id.au/support/guides/install/
> 
> You can use Xen 4.4 by installing the xen44 package, xen 4.5 is still in
> the testing repositories and installed via the xen45 package.
> 
>> On 21/02/2015 1:45 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>> I'm dealing with a Xen 3 server on SL 5 operating system with SL 5 para virtualized guests on it. But I'm having a heck of a time updating guests, getting them CD booted with console access to start the process.
>> 
>> Any good pointers with the Xen 3.x built into SL 5 would be welcome. I know it's matured a *lot* since then, and a lot of guidelines just don't apply to such an old setup.
>> 
>> Nico Kadel-Garcia
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>>> On Feb 6, 2015, at 0:25, Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> As some of you might know, I package Xen and a Xen Dom0 kernel for EL7.
>>> 
>>> If anyone uses Xen and want to test packages for EL7, take a look at:
>>>   http://au1.mirror.crc.id.au/repo/el7-testing/
>>> 
>>> The testing repo has Xen version 4.5.0 and kernel 3.14.31.
>>> 
>>> Bug tracker:
>>>   http://xen.crc.id.au/bugs/my_view_page.php
>>> 
>>> Mailing list:
>>>   https://lists.wireless.org.au/mailman/listinfo/kernel-xen
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Steven Haigh
>>> 
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>>> Web: http://www.crc.id.au
>>> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
> 
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