On 01/02/2016 12:49 AM, Steven Haigh wrote: > Hi guys, > > Just wondering if it is possible to create an updates.img that includes > the following kernel modules for the PXE boot install images: > > CONFIG_XEN_FBDEV_FRONTEND=m > CONFIG_HVC_XEN=m > CONFIG_HVC_XEN_FRONTEND=m > > The SL7 kernels used on the anaconda installer don't have these options > set - so there is no VNC graphical output to the Xen system. This means > that unless you use the 'console' (xl console command), then you can't > see what's going on with the DomU install. > > It seems SL6 behaves properly for this - and it may well be seen to > stray from the path too much to include in the base PXE image kernel - > which means having an updates.img would be a nice compromise - ie its > optional and doesn't require modification of the core install images. > > There is an updates.img currently in the PXE directory of 7rolling, but > that seems to cause a whole heap of problems if its used... > Hi Steven, I've not got a lot of experience working with Xen, but I'll look into what this would take. Pat