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Re: xen on wheezy



On Thursday, December 27, 2012 19:55, "Patrick Bartek" <bartek047@yahoo.com> said:

>>>  I would restart at the beginning:
>>>
>>>     http://www.xen.org/support/documentation.html
>>>
>>>     http://wiki.debian.org/Xen>
>>
>> Well I've been through those, and several other pages. The only real
>> difference is I'm using Lilo instead of Grub. I found Grub far too poorly
>> documented to be useful many years ago (one of the reasons I gave up on Red Hat
>> and went to Debian), and it doesn't look like it's gotten much better
>> (22 man pages!?). I figured a boot loader is a boot loader?
> 
> 
> I think your problem is something other than just the bootloader.  That's why
> I suggested starting over at the beginning.  I think you missed installing
> something or mis-installed something.  Check the hardware compatibility
> section of the Debian wiki, too.
> 
> As far as help with lilo:  It's been so long since I worked with it (8
> years?) I'd have to learn it all over.  But in the Xen home link, under
> Beginner's docs--right side of page, in the sidebar--it gives you generic
> step-by-step instructions, plus, IIRC, a bootloader config file example.
>  Maybe, that will help some.  At least, give you an idea of what the
> stanza is suppose to look like.

Well I've got a fresh set of eyes this morning, and you are most likely right
that I've missed something. I will go back through and see what I can come
up with. Thanks for the pointers.


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