Re: A bit off topic.. converting Linux HVM to PV

[Brad Spencer <brad%anduin.eldar.org@localhost>]

Jean-Yves Migeon <jeanyves.migeon <at> free.fr> writes:

> 
> On 07.10.2010 16:48, Brad Spencer wrote:
> > Hello...
> > 
> > I know that this may be a bit off topic for a NetBSD list, but I was
> > wondering if anyone on the list might know how to do this.  I have a
> > running Slackware 13.1 64bit HVM running as a HVM DomU with NetBSD 5.1_RC4
> > as Dom0.  Love the set up quite a bit.  I am looking to convert the Linux
> > DomU to a full PV DomU and am having quite a bit of trouble.
> > 
> > I think I managed to build a Linux kernel with Xen guest support.  It
> > claims the following upon trying to 'xm create -c ...':
> 
> How did you create it?

Probably badly...  basically...

cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
Select all of the Xen guest packages and bits and exit
make clean
make vmlinux

After the build, copy vmlinux to the place I hold PV kernels and try to
use it.

> Was it configured to use a ramdisk? What fs are compiled in/modularized?
> 

I have to admit I don't know how to tell if it is using a ramdisk??  For
fs support, at first it just had romfs, but I did edit .config and added
all of the ext-foo filesystems and rebuilt.  Didn't help.


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