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06.29.2008 at 10:06AM PDT, ID: 23525114
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Attempting to install SUSE 9 as Xen VM guest on CentOS 5 host

Asked by mwecomputers in Linux, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux

Tags: Xen, CentOS 5, SUSE 9, Unable to determine kernel RPM path

I am attempting to consolidate an old SUSE 9 Server so that it can be run as a guest under a Xen environment on CentOS 5.2. I have several other Xen environments running fine on the CentOS 5.2 host, but when I tried to setup SUSE 9, I get an 'Unable to determine kernel RPM path'. I tried to set up the environment, both through the virt-manager GUI as well as the virt-install command line -- but I keep getting the same error.

virt-install -n suse9 --paravirt -r 1024 -f /var/lib/xen/images/suse9.img -l /root/SUSE/suse9dvd.iso

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Unable to complete install 'Unable to determine kernel RPM path None
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 611, in do_install
    dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 811, in start_install
    self._prepare_install(meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/ParaVirtGuest.py", line 56, in _prepare_install
    self._installer.prepare(guest = self, meter = meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 239, in prepare
    self._prepare_kernel_and_initrd(guest, distro, meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 209, in _prepare_kernel_and_initrd
    distro = distro)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 123, in acquireKernel
    return store.acquireKernel(fetcher, progresscb)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 132, in acquireKernel
    (kernelrpmname, installinitrdrpmname) = self.extractRPMNames(filelist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 192, in extractRPMNames
    raise _("Unable to determine kernel RPM path")
Unable to determine kernel RPM path
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[+][-]06.30.2008 at 09:41AM PDT, ID: 21900733

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Zones: Linux, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux
Tags: Xen, CentOS 5, SUSE 9, Unable to determine kernel RPM path
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