HPC/Xen

Install ALT Linux HPC
Install ALT Linux HPC using ISO-image from ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/inger/hpc/hpc-cd.iso. Unfortunatly our first boot screen is in Russian only. Select a second boot menu item to start installation and then select POSIX language on the first installer screen. rpm http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/4.1/branch x86_64 classic rpm http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/4.1/branch noarch classic rpm http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/inger/hpc/biarch-repo i586 classic
 * Enable two repositories: stable branch 4.1 and special i586 repository by adding three lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:
 * Update apt indices:
 * 1) apt-get update

Install grub
ALT Linux uses lilo as a default boot loader. You should replace lilo with grub.

# apt-get install grub
 * Install grub package
 * Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (Use can use for sample /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97/menu.lst)
 * 1) Sample boot menu configuration file
 * 1) Sample boot menu configuration file

timeout 5
 * 1) Boot automatically after 5 secs.

default 0
 * 1) By default, boot the first entry.

title ALT Linux kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 initrd /boot/initrd.img (replace /dev/sda2 with your root partition name)
 * Install loader to MBR
 * 1) grub-install /dev/sda
 * reboot system to check that bootloader works properly

Install Xen
# apt-get install kernel-image-xen-dom0 xen-hypervisor xen
 * Install xen and kernel packages
 * Add xen to boot menu (file /boot/grub/menu.lst)
 * 1) Sample boot menu configuration file
 * 1) Sample boot menu configuration file

timeout 5
 * 1) Boot automatically after 5 secs.

default 0
 * 1) By default, boot the first entry.

title ALT Linux kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 initrd /boot/initrd.img

title ALT Linux XEN kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=512M module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen-dom0-alt10.M41 root=/dev/sda2 module /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen-dom0-alt10.M41.img
 * reboot system to Xen kernel