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[Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1

To: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 15:20:55 +0300
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On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 05:18:07AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>    > Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary (first)
>    partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" - which is
>    the default)
> 
>    Could you , please , explain why ?
> 

It's "just in case". It's not really required. 
I prefer making sure every tool out there can read /boot partition
to avoid problems :)

-- Pasi

>    Boris.
>    --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>      From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
>      Subject: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on
>      Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel
>      To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>      Cc: xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, virt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>      xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>      Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 8:02 PM
> 
>      Hello,
> 
>      I just wrote a step-by-step tutorial how to install the latest Xen 4.0.1
>      hypervisor
>      on Fedora 13 (x86_64) host from src.rpm packages, and the pvops dom0
>      kernel from git repository.
> 
>      Check it out: [1]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Fedora13Xen4Tutorial
> 
>      It also shows how to install various Xen PV guests using the native
>      distro installers:
> 
>          - CentOS 5.5
>          - Fedora 13
>          - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
> 
>      Hopefully this is helpful to someone! :)
> 
>      -- Pasi
> 
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