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Description
A complete installation started from booting in Xen. Get started with Xen virtualization,please see Features/XenPvopsDom0
Setup
- Prepare a machine with the current development release (Fedora 42) installed
- Install
virt-manager
(orlibvirt
) andxen
to control Xen virtual machines)
How to test
- Create a virtual machine and boot the current development release in it using the HTTP/NFS install. This can be accomplished using the
virt-install
command or by using the graphical utilityvirt-manager
. For example:
virt-install -l http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/24/Server/x86_64/os --ram 1024 --disk /dev/vg_guest/guest --name guest
- Hit run to boot the guest from the provided HTTP/NFS link
- Proceed with normal installation
Expected Results
- The installer successfully boots from the HTTP/NFS link
- The installer is able to activate and use the virtual network device(s)
- The installer is able to activate and use the virtual storage device(s)
- The install completes successfully
- The system reboots successfully, recognizing filesystems created on the virt device(s)