Which Ubuntu ISO are you using?
There are three main ones:
* Ubuntu Desktop
* Ubuntu Alternate
* Ubuntu Server
Ubuntu Desktop is the only one of the three that has a "Live CD" mode
and an X-based installation. The Alternate and Server CDs use a
descendant of the text-based installation process that Debian's been
using for 10+ years.
I have no experience with Xen. I do have experience with Ubuntu, though.
With 7.10 they've added improved support for virtualization. This will
get better with 8.04, as this is an area they're actively working on
improving.
If you've been trying this with the Desktop ISO, then I suggest you
stop and try another ISO. I know the Server ISO has a different set
of default kernel options, you may want to try that next. (For those
familiar with Ubuntu, it uses the 'linux-server' package instead of
the 'linux-generic' package.) I thought the Alternate ISO had a
kernel with different kernel options as well, but I may be mistaken.
If you've been trying this with the Server ISO, then to mix it up,
I suggest you try it with the Alternate ISO.
An additional note: Regardless of the ISO chosen, you get access to
all the same packages once the system is up and online. They use a
common package repository, depending on the ISO some packages are
not available on the CD. The Server ISO does not include X on the
CD. The Alternate ISO includes both GNOME and KDE on the CD. (And
the Kubuntu ISO includes KDE and not GNOME on the CD.)
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Steven Black
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 02:05:40AM -0700, davmoo@gibbousmoon.com wrote:
> [My apologies if everyone gets two copies of this...on the first send I used the
> wrong email address and not the one I have subscribed to the list. Mr or Ms
> Moderator, feel free to delete that one unsent if you'd like.]
>
> And lo, another long-time lurker uncloaks in order to ask a question...
>
> I've got Xen running on Dell server with RHEL5.1. I've got several
> CentOS and Mandriva virtual machines running, so I know Xen itself is
> working fine. For a client who has a preference for Ubuntu, I'm now
> trying to create a virtual machine running 7.10 (since I'm not an
> Ubuntu person I can't remember for sure, but I think that's a Gutsy
> Gibbon). When I start up the VM for the install, it hangs at
> "Loading...", and then dies on that third dot.
>
> Is there some special trick to installing Ubuntu as a domU?
>
> Oh, since this can be important to know, I probably should mention
> that this server is not sitting on my desk. I do not have local
> access to the hardware. Its some 600 miles away. Everything must be
> done remotely, or else the first step for gaining local access is "buy
> an airplane ticket". This is probably a good thing, since it keeps me
> from attacking the server with a hammer ;-)
>
> I've asked this in several Ubuntu specific forums. So before anyone
> answers here, and pardon me for sounding like a flaming asshole, but
> here are the questions I do NOT need answered that everyone in those
> forums insisted on answering instead of dealing with my actual
> question. I'm not trying to install Ubuntu as dom0. I'm not trying
> to install RHEL5 as dom0 or domU. I'm not having a problem installing
> Xen on RHEL5.1, I've already got it working. I know the difference
> between para-virtualized and fully virtualized...my current VMs are
> fully virtualized, and that's what I was going for with an Ubuntu VM.
> I know my Ubuntu ISO is not corrupt. Again, I apologize for sounding
> like an ass, but I don't need those questions answered or topics dealt
> with.
>
> And for lack of a better idea on how to refresh the memory of the one
> person who has met me once in person, Mark, I'm the dude who bought
> the CRT monitors from you a while back and met you in the Best Buy
> parking lot in the black convertible.
>
> David
> davmoo@gibbousmoon.com
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