installing domU from CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso thanks for the reply please help me installing domU from CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso. my config file looks like below. kernel= "/xen/xen-3.4.1/dist/install/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xenU" memory = 128 name = "mailserver" vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11,bridge=xenbr0' ] root = "/dev/sda1 ro xencons=tty" disk = ['file:/lakxen/suselinux/xenimg/CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso,hda:cdrom,r', 'file:/lakxen/suselinux/image/disk.img,sda1,w', ] but when i run the config file using xm create -c vm1.cfg I got the following error. i8042.c: No controller found. mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice TCP bic registered NET: Registered protocol family 1 NET: Registered protocol family 17 Using IPI No-Shortcut mode xen-vbd: registered block device major 3 blkfront: hda: barriers enabled hda: unknown partition table xen-vbd: registered block device major 8 blkfront: sda1: barriers enabled XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/console/0 kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
is the file system you are trying to bring up still mounted (by any chance)? Also does the system read into ISO files without any problems?