Re: linux kernel in xenkernel3

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

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:29:52PM -0600, John Hayward wrote:
> Hi Xeners,
>    I'm trying to setup a linux domU under NetBSD Xen3.
> In following the guide:
> http://www.gutch.de/NetBSD/docs/xen.html
> it indicicates there is a linux kernel - vmlinuz-2.6.11.12-xenU
> it also states:
> ====
> You can find the Linux kernel mentioned in this file in the distfile for 
> pkgsrc/sysutils/xenkernel20
> ====
> 
> I don't see a linux kernel in xenkernel3.
> 
> Am I lookingn in the wrong area?
> Should I use the one in xenkernel20?

I won't work.

> Should there be one in xenkernel3?

there isn't one anymore, because we switched to building xen.gz from
sources. So the distfile in question has sources, not binaries.

> Is there a kernel available eleswhere?
> Do I have to build a separate linux system to build a domU kernel for
> use under NetBSD xen3?

You should be able to find a binary distribution on www.xen.org.
Or, if your dom0 is amd64, you can use the linux kernel provided with
some recent linux distrib (I use the ones from scientific linux myself,
but I know fedora 8 works too)

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