Re: using linux as domU. Error: initializing devices...

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 04:05:38PM +0100, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
> >Well, another Q: Should i install linux under NetBSD? Is this must?
> >
> >http://www.netbsd.org/ports/xen/howto.html says: "To install the Linux 
> >system on the partition to be exported to the guest domain, the 
> >following method can be used: install sysutils/e2fsprogs from pkgsrc. 
> >Use mke2fs to format the partition that will be the root partition of 
> >your Linux domain, and mount it. Then copy the files from a working 
> >Linux system, make adjustments in etc (fstab, network config)."
> 
> It is a must. I don't know of any linux distributions out there that 
> provide "install from scratch" domU kernels.

fedora does support it, as do RHEL5 and derivative (I used scientific
linux 5). You boot the kernel with an install ramdisk.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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