Making a DomU
For the moment, since we want to create a domU, the xm subcommand we're most interested in is create. However, before we can create a domain, we need to create an OS image for it to boot from and use as storage.
Because this is an initial walk-through, we're going to install our Xen image using Red Hat's virt-install tool. For information on building your own domU images, take a look at Chapter 3.
Begin by starting virt-install. It'll start in interactive mode, and have a bit of a conversation with you, as shown. Our inputs are shown in bold. (If you decided to install the GUI, you can also use the graphical virt-manager tool. The prompts will look very similar.)
#virt-installWhat is the name of your virtual machine?prosperoHow ...
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