>> >> Hey ladies & gents, >> >> I've been trying to install Ubuntu Lucid Server onto a XEN HVM based >> VPS and have come across a strange problem. >> >> Using the Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD I highlighted 'install ubuntu in text >> mode' and selected the 'install a server' option. I then went through >> the installer selecting default options (except choosing a standard >> partition layout instead of LVM) and finished up the installation by >> leaving all of the server setup options like 'setup a LAMP server' etc >> deselected (thus leaving only a core system install on the VPS). >> >> Upon logging into the newly installed system (and I've done this twice >> now) I find that the server is running a generic rather than a server >> kernel. Running sudo apt-get install linux-server and rebooting >> doesn't seem to replace the kernel either. >> >> Any ideas where I may have gone wrong? :-S >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Chris >> > Hello Chris, > You may not have gone wrong at all. According to the dependencies for > linux-image-server it depends on a package linux-image-generic-pae which > installs the latest linux-generic-pae image. > > Are you running the linux-image-generic or the linux-image-generic-pae. If > you see the grub menu at boot up, what images are displayed in the kernel > list? Is the one you want at the top? > > I think either shift or space key displays grub if it is not shown as the > system boots. > > There also seems to be separate packages for kernel running as a virtual > guest, linux-image-virtual. Maybe that is a more appropriate image for > running on Xen, I am afraid I dont know at present. > -- > John Stevenson > jr0cket.com > leanagilemachine.com > >
Hi John, It is running the linux-generic-pae kernel. I wanted the server kernel as I was worried that the generic one might have kernel preemption turned on. I'm not an expert in this, but I believe that Xen HVM (where virtualisation is done in hardware) doesn't require that the guest has a modified kernel. Cheers, Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
