Installation of RHEL guest in Xen fails with error : Unable to complete install: 'Couldn't find xen kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tree.'

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Issue

  • While trying to install a Virtual Machine RHEL 3.9, getting the message:

Unable to complete install: 'Couldn't find xen kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tree.'

What does it mean?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (Host)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 (Guest)
  • Xen

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