[ubuntu-uk] feeling christmasy... virtualy not any more!

[Alistair Crust]

Hi,
 After listening to episode 89 of the LugRadio podcasts* I decided that
just for a laugh (with the end of term being today) it would be a really
good time to lean about xen and virtualisation.

 Xen on gutsy just hasn't worked for me at all, after hitting nearly
every reported (and un-resolved) bug there is with xen and gutsy on
launchpad I conceded defeat (using gutsy at least). I've reached the
stage where I've just had enough of trawling through bug reports and
applying workarounds, but I digress.

 I've now turned to centOS 5 after a recommendation from a friend, and
the installation of the domO went really well and I'm very very
impressed.

 My problem is that I want to install ubuntu virtual machines. Using
virt-install to install a domU I can only manage to get centOS guests.

 Does anyone know of any way to install an ubuntu domU easily, either
with or without the use of virt-install, and without the use of the
xen-tools package (this is not included with centOS AFAIK).

Happy Christmas and a Merry new year to all ;)
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Kind regards
Alistair Crust
Systems Administrator 
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