Subject: Re: Problems creating a linux domU
To: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 04/21/2005 10:48:15
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:43:58 +0100
Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org> wrote:
> Does your Linux kernel have scsi support? (sounds like it does, but
> that was one of the problems I had with a ttylinux kernel in a domU).
> I have also had to mount the Linux image with -t ext2fs in NetBSD
> dom0, and modify things in the image, like /etc/fstab.
>
> I think we're spoilt in NetBSD-land with our combined SCSI/ATAPI layer
> (thanks, Manuel), but being able to mount an ext3fs as an ext2fs is
> one nice thing that the Linux people did.
I don't know but I suppose it does, I'm using the kernel that comes with
the Xen 2.0.5 binary distribution called "vmlinuz-2.6.10-xenU".
Can anyone that has installed ttylinux in a domU using NetBSD/Xen as dom0
explain the steps to run/boot/install it correctly?
Thanks.