Xen kernel in the installer

[Hiren Joshi <josh@dcs.qmul.ac.uk>]

Hello all,
The setup I have at the moment:
CentOS server running xen (paravirtulized only)
I had to get a debian slice up on it. I can't use dbootstrap as it's not 
avalible on CentOS.

I downloded the Debian CD, xen AMD 64 kernel deb and modules for it.

I set up a slice with a CDROM drive pointing to the install CD. Booted 
the xen kernel with an initrd (modified) taken from the install CD with 
the xen AMD 64 modules on it. This kick started the install process. The 
installer installed the AMD 64 regular kernel I then had to chroot into 
the new install and apt-get the xen kernel and modify grub.... this 
install process is a bit ugly. Would it be possible to include the xen 
kernel in the install CD so it will install the right kernel from the 
start? This will make Debian slices much easier to install with no 
modifications after install ie. much cleaner.

Thanks,
Josh.


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