Re: problem installing a domU

[Steven Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 08:22:15AM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > >
> > The official how-to just says
> >
> >         load the netbsd-INSTALL_XEN3_DOMU kernel provided in the NetBSD
> >         binary sets. Like others install kernels, it contains a ramdisk
> >         with sysinst, so you can install NetBSD using sysinst on your
> >         new domain
>
> In other words, it's broken like almost all "howto" documentation is
> broken: it says "how to" but not "why to", which lets even well  
> informed
> and capable people jump to conclusions and waste a bunch of their  
> time.

Yup...
> > The wiki says
> >
> >         This configuration uses a DOMU_INSTALL kernel and an ISO image
> >         provided by a successful 'build release' and 'build iso-image'.
> >         You may be able to locate a valid Xen3 DOMU_INSTALL kernel from
> >         ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/ but if not, building a
> >         release is your best bet.
>
> The wiki has essentially no quality control, is not an official TNF
> service, and, like many wikis, is consequently full of
> misinformation scattered at random among information that is mostly  
> right.

It's actually more up-to-date than the official how-to, especially  
about not using grub...
> All in all, a good reason not to rely on either of these forms of
> documentation. :-/
I suppose I should take a look editing the official page....

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb