Re: Create amd64 DomU in Debain
Dan,
According to the 'xen-create-image' manpage, "--image-dev" is
"Specify a physical/logical volume for the disk image.". I havent tried it
myself (because I love lvm), but it sounds like you can use a physical disk
for the root image with xen-tools.
Cheers,
Tyler
Dan McClung <dmcclung@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> I am trying to set up an amd64 DomU. I have a cfg file I have been
> copying to create 686 DomUs (the Dom0 is running an amd64 kernel), but
> when I use it with the install-arch=amd64 I get an error that it can't
> find the kernel:
> ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/vmlinuz
>
> Sure enough the netboot/xen directory is not there, although it is
> present in the i386 directory. I modified the config file to pull my
> local kernel (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-xen-amd64), but that hung when I
> tried to install. So I changed the cfg file to pull the ramfs and the
> kernel from the following path:
> ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-amd64/current/images/cdrom/
>
> Also with no success (invalid kernel).
>
> Why is there no xen directory under netboot?I had read that the same
> kernel was needed on both Dom0 and a DomU for pci pass through to work,
> and that's how I set it up successfully on my x86 machine. Is this
> correct for the amd64 kernel or can I pass a device through with the 686
> kernel in the DomU?
>
> I looked into using xen-tools, but it seems you cannot create a DomU in
> a physical partition. I suppose I could create an image and dd it over,
> but I would hope there is a better way.
>
> Thanks for any feedback,
>
> Dan
>
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