Re: [Xen-users] simple question - amd64 dom0, and PVM i486 domU ?

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>]

rabbtux rabbtux wrote:
> I've been looking for a solution that doesn't involve dual booting, or
> chrooting things to get my x86 domU to work.  I have a Debian xen
> server on an amd64 platform.  It would seem that I should be able to
> also install or force the install of a non-xen i486 kernel.
Is there such a thing as i486?

> Once I have both kernels installed in dom0, can't I just
> boot the server off the xen-amd64 kernel, and build a para-virtualized
>  debian domU, referencing the i486 kernel in /boot ?
>
>   
I'm not familiar with Debian Etch, but assuming that you want to create 
a NEW PV-i386 domU on amd64 dom0, you'll going to need Xen >= 3.1 (go 
with 3.2.1, if possible), which supports 32bit PV domU on 64bit dom0.
In RH-based distros the convention is to put domU's kernel on domU's 
storage (not on dom0's boot), so each domU boots from their own /boot 
(using pygrub). This way you'll only need amd64-xen kernel on dom0 and 
i386-xen kernel on domU.
Regards,

Fajar

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