[xen-tools-discuss] About Rinse, Centos-5 and bad instalations

[Brent Bolin]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:22 AM, CeR <cer.inet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi xen-tools-discuss list. I'm gettin some errors trying to install centos-5
> in a vm. Dom0 machine is Debian squeeze 64.
>
> I contacted Steve from Debian team asking about rinse and he told me to ask
> you.
>
> Is there another way to install centos-5 in a vm avoiding internet
> connections?
>
> I'm getting some errors like this:
>
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> # xen-create-image --hostname piccolo --ip 10.0.0.3
>
> Setting up root password
> Generating a password for the new guest.
> Failed to find /etc/passwd in the install.
> All done
>
> Installation Summary
> ---------------------
> Hostname : piccolo
> Distribution : centos-5
> IP-Address(es) : 10.0.0.3
> RSA Fingerprint : N/A
> Root Password : N/A
>>>
>
> So i haven't root pass, and when i log to the centos system, via chroot, i
> haven't the passwd command!
> # passwd <- missing
>
>
> I think its a fail of rinse or a bad internet connection.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Regards!
>
> PD: I'm a student from spain.
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>>    I'm using the official repository from Centos-5, but i thing something
>> is
>>    going wrong trought the connection, some packages are lost or something
>>    like this.. It's possible to use rinse to install centos in a VM
>> directly
>>    from a CDROM source?
>
>  Sadly not.  xen-tools lets you install from an existing copy, a
>  tarball, or via rinse.  But not from CD-ROM.
>
>  Unfortunately I'm no longer involved with xen-tools development
>  and support - instead it has been taken over by another group.
>  You should be able to get help via the new site:
>
>        http://xen-tools.org/software/xen-tools/lists.html
>
> Steve
>
> --
> [*] CeR / Arturo Borrero Gonzalez [*]
>
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The only way I've been able to install redhat/centos 5 is using
kickstart config in the xm-create config file.