> Hello, > > I've got several Questions about using FAI to install a Xen virtual > Domain. > > - First of all, what did you use to make custom kernels? I tried to > use make-kpkg for generating xen dom0 and domU kernels, for the dom0 > kernel it works fine, I am using the xen hypervisor provided by the > debian repository, that works ok together with homemade Dom0 linux- > kernel. > Please correct me if I already have done something stupid at this time. > I'm using a custom built xen kernel as well, because Debian kernels for xen lack pae support :-(
> - If I install the whole xen-system by apt-getting it, i can start a > FAI Installation with the initrd provided by the deb package and the > xenu kernel i generated by myself, of course i have to install my > domu kernel over the xen system installation, also not very clean, > but i dont know how to build a .deb-package out of the xen-utils or > the hypervisor when i compile it from source. But if i try to use > ONLY my domu kernel it doesnt start. XEND.log says "domain has > crashed". Building deb-pkgs from xen-source seems pretty advanced to > me, because there are several make targets, dom0, domu and xen-utils > with hypervisor,so how did you guys manage this? > Why don't you use the packages provided by Debian? Here we've got: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -l | grep xen ii libc6-xen 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [Xen version ii linux-xen0-2.6.18-686xenbigmem F.1 Linux xen kernel binary image for version 2. ii xen-hypervisor-3.0-unstable-1-i386-pae 3.0-unstable+hg11561-1 The Xen Hypervisor on i386-pae-class ii xen-utils-3.0-unstable-1 3.0-unstable+hg11561-1 XEN administrative tools ii xen-utils-common 3.0.3-0-1 XEN administrative tools - common files (System is entirely from Debian/etch) > - Is there any essential support I have to setup in my domu kernel to > get FAI to start running without an initrd?? I've checked there is > already NFS support built into my domU-kernel. But what else do i > need to be ready to use fai with xen? > Network, disk, NFS should be about it... > - Do you use seperate kernels for dom0 and domU? the debian pkg from > official server installs one kernel for both. What are the advantages > of using just one for both purposes? > The same kernel everywhere... The advantage of using one for both should be obvious: It takes a lot more time to build and maintain two variants of your kernel. And I don't know about any disadvantages... Best, Michael
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