[Fedora-xen] Problem installing a para 32 bit FC5 guest on a 32 bit FC7 domU

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 04:59:17PM -0800, Greg Hellings wrote:
> I'm trying to install a 32 bit FC5 paravirt guest on a 32 bit FC7 domU and
> I'm getting the following error:
> 
> libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error creating
> domain: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 'xc_dom_compat_check: guest type
> xen-3.0-x86_32 not supported by xen kernel, sorry\\n')")
> 
> Everything I read says this should work.  The hypervisor will allow me to
> install a 32 bit FC7 guest fine.  The following is a cut and paste the
> commands I'm actually putting in and their output;

Fedora Core 5 was non-PAE,  Fedora Core 6 and later are PAE. You cannot run
non-PAE 32-bit guests on a PAE host, hence why the hypervisor is telling
you "guest type xen-3.0-x86_32 not supported by xen kernel"

Dan.
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