Hi all, Very new to xen but have tried the cd and created nine new doms, started services on them etc. and am really impressed. I''d like to try running off of the hard disk but the instructions use the GRUB loader. Does anybody have a stanza for LILO? The files and root are: /boot/xen.gz /boot/xenolinux.gz root=/dev/sda5 I''ve tried alot of variations but have partial success at best. (I may be a LILO user but that doesn''t necessarily mean I understand it :o) I''ve googled and searched the archives and found nothing there. Any help would be great. TIA, Mike Wright ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
> Very new to xen but have tried the cd and created nine new doms, started services on them etc. and am really impressed.Thanks for the success report.> I''d like to try running off of the hard disk but the instructions use the GRUB loader. Does anybody have a stanza for LILO? The files and root are: > > /boot/xen.gz > /boot/xenolinux.gz > root=/dev/sda5I''m afraid LILO doesn''t support the "Multiboot standard" which the Xen image complies to. It turns out not to be a very widely implemented standard... We''ve used GRUB and kexec successfully (the latter required a patch to kexec). It should in principle be possible to package Xen as a standard Linux-style bzImage, but we haven''t implemented this, and it wouldn''t be as flexible[*]. Any reason why you can''t use GRUB? It takes a bit of getting used to, but its actually pretty good. Ian [*] I''m not sure that LILO can deal with multiple modules (initrd''s) so it might not be possible to give domain0 an initrd. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
Ian Pratt wrote: <snip />> Thanks for the success report. > > >>I''d like to try running off of the hard disk but the instructions use the GRUB loader. Does anybody have a stanza for LILO? The files and root are:<snip />> > Any reason why you can''t use GRUB? It takes a bit of getting used > to, but its actually pretty good.Mixing IDE and SCSI drives with LILO is very messy. Once I finally got LILO to boot from my SCSI I have been afraid to change anything. But after about six hours of experimentation I am now running GRUB and find it easy to switch between the two. (Unthinkable concept yesterday). Thanks for the motivation, Ian :) Using the information in README.CD, which is very easy to follow, I now have a SCSI bootable Xen VMM. Another success! Ahhh, now custom kernels... Thanks again, Mike Wright> > Ian > > [*] I''m not sure that LILO can deal with multiple modules > (initrd''s) so it might not be possible to give domain0 an initrd. > >------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel