Re: NetBSD/Xen Howto

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

On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 10:12:52PM +0100, Rainer Brinkmöller wrote:
> [...]
> I see, but ... isn't it recommended to use the 2.0.7 (at the moment - do 

Yes, but I would expect users to download the most recent file anyway

> you think there will be a 2.0.8 later)?

This I don't know.


> >
> Sure, you are right. But there are also functions documentet which are 
> not supportet yet by NetBSD.
> How about to just list the supported (or the not supported) commands?

Maybe we could add a note about unsupported feature.

> >>
> >xm console tell you this when you start it.
> > 
> >
> Only if you switch from dom0 to domU by the 'xm console' command.
> If you go up to domU with the command 'xm create -c' you don't get this 
> information.

It does for me:
lavardin:/home/bouyer>xm create -c /usr/pkg/etc/xen/lavardin1
Using config file "/usr/pkg/etc/xen/lavardin1".
Started domain lavardin1, console on port 9603
************ REMOTE CONSOLE: CTRL-] TO QUIT ********
Loaded initial symtab at 0xc048812c, strtab at 0xc04b67d0, # entries 11806
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.

> >
> Well, you are right. No problem. But if i do so the shutdown seam to 
> hang after haltet.

If you run shutdown without -p you get:
The operating system has halted.
Please press any key to reboot.

and pressing a key indeed reboots :)
shutdown -p will cause the domain to shutdown and destroy once shutdown
is complete.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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