References: bsc#978173 The 32bit versions of the media contain a xenpae version along with a non pae version. The sles10 sp4 32bit kernel will only boot para- virtualized if the pae kernel is selected. Note that sles12 and newer has no 32bit release. Index: virt-manager-3.3.0/virtinst/install/urldetect.py =================================================================== --- virt-manager-3.3.0.orig/virtinst/install/urldetect.py +++ virt-manager-3.3.0/virtinst/install/urldetect.py @@ -550,9 +550,14 @@ class _SuseDistro(_RHELDistro): if self.type == "xen": # Matches Opensuse > 10.2 and sles 10 - self._kernel_paths.append( - ("boot/%s/vmlinuz-xen" % tree_arch, - "boot/%s/initrd-xen" % tree_arch)) + if tree_arch == "i386": + self._kernel_paths.append( + ("boot/%s/vmlinuz-xenpae" % tree_arch, + "boot/%s/initrd-xenpae" % tree_arch)) + else: + self._kernel_paths.append( + ("boot/%s/vmlinuz-xen" % tree_arch, + "boot/%s/initrd-xen" % tree_arch)) if str(self._os_variant).startswith(("sles11", "sled11")): if tree_arch == "s390x":