Installing openSUSE 15.4 as a Xen Guest (DomU) on Debian 11 - can't find kernel file to link in xen-tools configuration

SinjinVanCleefe

12/13/23, 11:01 PM

we are currently trying to set up a virtualized environment in which we would like to use openSUSE 15.4 Leap as a Xen Guest (DomU) on a Debian 11 Host.

To do so I have found some resources which adress the matter, but may be a little bit dated:

We aim to use xen-tools/xen-create-image command which requires a configuration file with appropriate settings applied. I am struggling to identify the vmlinuz* kernel file and initial RAM disk within the offline installation image to link it with the xen-tools.conf file. For example:

# Xen configuration for installing an openSuSE domU

#  Kernel

kernel      = '/var/lib/xen/images/vmlinuz-xen'
ramdisk     = '/var/lib/xen/images/initrd-xen'

I believe this file to be correct one regarding initrd but I am unsure about the Kernel file (also found this resource about default-kernel superseding kernel-xen). Am I looking at the right objects? Which steps would I have to take in order to have them set up correctly for xen-tools? Are there any alternatives? (rinse lists opensuse-15.2 as supported distribution so that may be worth a try..)

/mnt/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd

/mnt/x86_64/kernel-default-5.14.21-150400.24.33.2.x86_64.rpm ?

I am very new to this so any suggestion is appreciated. Thank you!

Best regards,

Chris

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