A.2 Guest Operating System Installation Sources

You need to designate an installation source for a paravirtualized machine. The following is a list of guest operating systems and the installation sources to use for a paravirtualized installation. The listed sources are suggestions and examples.

A.2.1 SUSE

  • A remote directory containing the install files, specified by using the HTTP protocol: The HTTPS protocol is not supported.

    http://www.domain.com/install_sources/sles10sp2/

  • A remote directory containing the install files, specified by using the FTP protocol:

    ftp://www.domain.com/install_sources/sles10sp2/

  • A remote directory containing the install files, specified by using the NFS protocol:

    nfs://www.domain.com/install_sources/sles10sp2/

A.2.2 NetWare

A paravirtualized NetWare operating system can be installed by using the same installation sources as fully virtualized VMs.

NOTE:Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 and OES 2 Linux can be paravirtualized or fully virtualized. NetWare 6.5 and earlier must be fully virtualized. See Section A.1, Disk Installation Sources for instructions on fully virtualizing the guest operating system.

A.2.3 Other Linux Installation Sources

Paravirtualized operating systems other than SUSE and NetWare can be installed by using the same installation sources as the fully virtualized VMs (see Section A.1, Disk Installation Sources).