[Pkg-ganeti-devel] How to create a windows vm with ganeti2.

[Iustin Pop]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:58:17PM +0000, BRULÉ Yann wrote:
> Hi !
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> I'm tryng to install a windows instance to a ganeti cluster.
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> For the moment, i have configured ganeti2, i have created a debian instance with debootstrap OS, i have created a windows instance with xen commands, with a HVM processor.
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> I have already initialize too my cluster with HVM and PVM option.
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> However, i can't create a windows vm with ganeti2.
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> my command is: gnt-instance add -t drbd--disk=0:size=5g -B memory=256 -H xen-hvm:cdrom_image_path=/home/Windows_Server_2003.iso -n node1:node2 inst1
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> It ask me to specifie an os but i only have the debootstrap script.
> I see in another posts that they use the os windows. Could you tell me where I can have this os script?

Please check the archives of the ganeti mailing list at
http://groups.google.com/group/ganeti and
http://groups.google.com/group/ganeti-devel

> I have too a mistake that i haven't the good kernel /usr/lib/xen-unstable/boot/hvmloader but i can't modify the kernel with xen-hvm.
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> Someone tell me to create a symlink for the /usr/lib/xen directory pointing to your xen directory. But I don't know how to do that?

That was me. Something like this should work:

  ln -s /usr/lib/xen-unstable /usr/lib/xen

Let me know if this works for you.

iustin