Installing RHEL6 as PV guest under RHEL5 Xen fails with "RuntimeError: Couldn't find xen kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tree."
Issue
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Below error message is triggered while trying to install RHEL6 as a paravirtualized guest under RHEL5 Xen host. The installation procedure is explained in this documentation : http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization/sect-Virtualization-Installing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_5_as_a_para_virtualized_guest.html
Unable to complete install 'exceptions.RuntimeError Couldn't find xen kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tree. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 724, in do_install dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 539, in start_install self._prepare_install(meter) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 594, in _prepare_install meter = meter) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 245, in prepare self._prepare_kernel_and_initrd(guest, distro, meter) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 194, in _prepare_kernel_and_initrd type=self.os_type, distro=distro) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 156, in acquireKernel scratchdir, type, distro) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 142, in _acquireMedia return (store.acquireKernel(guest, fetcher, progresscb), File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 253, in acquireKernel raise RuntimeError(_("Couldn't find %(type)s kernel for " RuntimeError: Couldn't find xen kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tree.'
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 5 Xen as Host
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as PV guest
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