I have a kickstart file that works well - even though it is a *very*
ugly hack:

https://web.crchosting.net.au/el7.ks

The key part is using my own rolled kernel and installing it within the
kickstart. Not perfect, but it actually works.

On 16/02/2015 10:46 AM, Peter Boy wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I tried to install SL7 as a Xen DomU without luck. 
> 
> An installation using virtManager failed to open the Console window to perform the installation. According to my investigation into the subject it’s a known problem because Red Hat choose to remove a driver and some other configuration so it doesn’t work anymore.
> 
> There are some hints around how to tweak the installation to make it work. But I didn’t manage to try it yet. If you get any results I would appreciate you would share your experiences.
> 
> I ended up to install SL6 minimal which works fine and then updated to SL7 using the update program available from CentOS. It works fine, but you don’t have access to the virtual machine console from host. 
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 13.02.2015 um 01:30 schrieb Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Has anyone installed SL7x as a Xen DomU?
>>
>> In the past, vmlinuz & initrd.img was provided in the Xen folder for
>> launching within a Xen guest - however that seems to be gone now.
>>
>> I have tried with the pxeboot images and passing it a kickstart file -
>> yet that seems to hang part way through and have issues with displaying
>> information in the right place (ie which console to use etc).
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> -- 
>> Steven Haigh
>>
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>> Web: http://www.crc.id.au
>> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
>>
> 
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