Hi! On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:14:45PM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > Package: grub-pc > Version: 1.95+20071101-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > The grub package does not currently support installation in a Xen > guest domain because it does not understand the Xen virtual block > devices (/dev/xvd[a-z]). > > This support is mainly useful because it allows the Debian installer to > work in a Xen guest without Xen specific workarounds. > > It might also be useful for someone who wanted to switch between > a guest between para-virtual and fully-virtualised (HVM) operation. > > Patch for grub2 is attached. Note however that the paravirtual > bootloader used by Xen (pygrub) does not yet support the grub2 grub.cfg > format, just the previous menu.lst format so this patch is necessary but > not yet sufficient. I'll be working on a patch for this aspect separately.
Thanks for your effort. Can you please send this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? We can discuss this in upstream since it's not Debian-specific. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]