Create (install) new Xen Virtual Machine in text mode

Either you can use graphical tool virt-manger
or this text tool:

[root@localhost ~]# virt-install --prompt
What is the name of your virtual machine? test2
How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 500
What would you like to use as the disk (file path)? /home/tomas/test2
How large would you like the disk (/home/tomas/test2) to be (in gigabytes)? 4
What is the install URL? http://merlin.fit.vutbr.cz/mirrors/centos/5.9/os/i386


Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 413 B 00:00
Retrieving file vmlinuz... | 2.2 MB 00:01
Retrieving file initrd.img... | 11 MB 00:08
Creating storage file... | 4.0 GB 00:00
Creating domain... | 0 B 00:02
Connected to domain test2
...



also you can continue in text installation or you can start VNC server:

Welcome to CentOS

+-----------+ VNC Configuration +------------+
| |
| A password will prevent unauthorized |
| listeners connecting and monitoring your |
| installation progress. Please enter a |
| password to be used for the installation |
| |
| Password: ********________ |
| Password (confirm): ********________ |
| |
| |
| +----+ +-------------+ +------+ |
| | OK | | No password | | Back | |
| +----+ +-------------+ +------+ |
| |
| |
+--------------------------------------------+



Probing for video card: Unable to probe
No video hardware found, assuming headless
Starting VNC...
The VNC server is now running.
Please connect to 172.16.79.130:1 to begin the install...
Press <enter> for a shell
Starting graphical installation...
XKB extension not present on :1



and continue in graphical mode with "vncviewer" command.