Tim Foster wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to work out what xVM hypervisor domU guests need to be able > to install using AI. > > HVM (fully virtualized) guests have PXE boot capability, and I've been > able to at least bring up a domU guest as far as getting a SunOS banner > and some initial services[1] however, we don't yet have PXE boot support > for PV (paravirtualised) guests - this is covered by bug: > > 6528791 would like PXE booting for PV domains > > > Given as sparc uses wanboot AI, I was wondering if there are other ways > to boot x86 clients, other than using PXE? I've been through the AI > docs and mail archives, but couldn't find anything - perhaps I didn't > look hard enough :-) > pxe and DHCP is the only way to install OpenSolaris on X86 right now. What is the environment you have when you are booting PV guests. What protocols does it support? DHCP controls what boot programs the clients will get along with IP address. You can tweak DHCP entries and use a different boot file that is suitable for PV client. Further menu.lst provides the information about the kernel and install programs needed to perform the install. You need to have some mechanism to get that information.
Thanks, Sundar > virt-install can do traditional Solaris jumpstart[2], it'd be cool if we > were also able to support AI. > > cheers, > tim > > > [1] the guest then fails in the network/physical start method I think, > where an interface isn't plumbed automatically, dropping me to > single-user maintenance mode. This is weird, since I'm able to manually > plumb the xnf0 interface, and obtain a dhcp address. More investigation > needed my end, I admit. > > [2] eg. > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/xvm/docs/virt-install.html#gfslf > > > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >
