Re: [Xen-devel] XenLinux: network access?

[Bin Ren <bin.ren@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:20:48 -0800, Adhamh Findlay <darwin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bin Ren wrote:
> 
> >XenoLinux here means *kernel*. Whether you have ssh, dhcpd etc,
> >depends on which linux distribution you use. Add corresponding init.d
> >scripts to the default run-level.
> >
> 
> Xen is the product, XenLinux is the kernel. Okay, what is the difference
> between the xen.gz file and the vmlinuz-2.6.9-xen0 file?
> 
> I searched in the docs and couldn't find this distinction.  Its likely a
> linuxism that I don't understand.

This is not 'linuxism', but 'xenism'.

xen.gz is the image of Xen virtual  machine monitor. Xen runs on "bare
metal", and is the very first thing loaded by grub. vmlinuz-2.6.9-xen0
is the image for XenoLinux kernel. It's loaded by Xen at the end of
Xen booting process.

- Bin


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