cat > /etc/sysconfig/network<<EOL
networking=yes
HOSTNAME=c5min
NETWORKING_IPV6=no
EOL
#--------------
cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0<<EOL
# Xen Virtual Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#HWADDR=00:16:3E:66:F7:1B
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
EOL
#--------------
cat > /etc/fstab<<EOL
/dev/mapper/maxvm-c5min                /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
EOL
#--------------
cat > /etc/sysconfig/clock<<EOL
# The ZONE parameter is only evaluated by system-config-date.
# The timezone of the system is defined by the contents of /etc/localtime.
ZONE="America/Los_Angeles"
UTC=false
ARC=false
EOL
#--------------
echo 'c0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty xvc0 38400 vt100-nav' >> /etc/inittab

# remove any extra xvc0 lines from above

# prep shadow from /etc/passwd and set root passwd
pwconv
passwd

#
yum install nano
yum groupinstall core openssh-server
yum install kernel-xen

# -------- hack a menu.lst --------
cat > /boot/grub/menu.lst<<EOL
default 0
timeout 3
title Centos i386 5.5 Paravirtual Guest
#root (hd0,0)
VERS=2.6.18-194.17.1.el5xen
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-$VERS root=/dev/xvda console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n8 console=xvc0 noresume selinux=0
initrd /boot/initrd-$VERS.img
EOL

# to fool mtab into reading our mounts
cat>>/etc/mtab<<EOL
/dev/mapper/maxvm-c5min / ext3 rw 0 0
EOL

cat > /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd/xenpv <<EOL
DMRAID=no
with=xenblk
with=xennet
preload=dm-mod
EOL

# PV drivers for depmod
cat >>/etc/modprobe.conf<<EOL
alias eth0 xennet
alias scsi_hostadapter xenblk
EOL

chmod +x /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd/xenpv

VERS=2.6.18-194.17.1.el5xen
mkinitrd -f -v /boot/initrd-$VERS.img $VERS

Chroot Script
--------
use this script below to setup sys, proc, and dev for your chroot.

-------------------- schroot.sh ------------
#!/bin/sh

PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin

mount /dev/VG/LV /mnt/cent

for i in dev proc sys dev/pts; do
        mount -o bind /$i /mnt/cent/$i
        echo "mount $i"
done

chroot /mnt/cent /bin/bash

for i in dev/pts dev proc sys ; do
        umount /mnt/cent/$i
        echo "umount $i"
done

umount /mnt/cent
----------------------- end script --------------