On 8/19/10 12:54 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Has anyone built lfs as a xen client? I've tried a couple of kernel > builds, but they didn't work. I'm very new to xen and haven't worked > wtih it before today. > > To start, I've got a CentOS client running, but cannot properly build a > new kernel. > > I did find http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Kernel.org_Linux_on_Xen > but that didn't seem to be enough.
Yeah, I've had LightCube OS running on xen, which is close, but not exactly LFS. The changes you need for a guest system (domU) are included in the latest kernels, but in order to build a host system (dom0) you still need to use a patched kernel. See this git repository: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git;a=summary And this wiki page for info/help: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps Jeremy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
