Buildbot Setup for Virtual Machines - CentOS 5 i386

Base install

cd /kvm
qemu-img create -f qcow2 vms/vm-centos5-i386-base.qcow2 8G
# ISO (dvd) install:
kvm -m 2047 -hda /kvm/vms/vm-centos5-i386-base.qcow2 -cdrom CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso -redir 'tcp:2225::22' -boot d -smp 2 -cpu qemu32,-nx -net nic,model=virtio -net user

Configure for serial console

(cd vms && qemu-img create -b vm-centos5-i386-base.qcow2 -f qcow2 vm-centos5-i386-serial.qcow2)
kvm -m 2047 -hda /kvm/vms/vm-centos5-i386-serial.qcow2 -cdrom CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso -redir 'tcp:2225::22' -boot c -smp 2 -cpu qemu32,-nx -net nic,model=virtio -net user -nographic

Add to /boot/grub/menu.lst:

serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
terminal --timeout=3 serial console

also add in menu.lst to kernel line (after removing `quiet splash'):

console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8

Add login prompt on serial console:

cat >>/etc/inittab <<END

# Serial console.
S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h -L ttyS0 19200 vt100
END

Create account.

Image for rpm build

Install compilers etc:

Download 5.0 rpm for shared-compat:

Image for install/test

Install extra dependencies:

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