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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: F16, yum install xen, run grub2 or grubby as needed?

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: F16, yum install xen, run grub2 or grubby as needed?
From: Andy Burns <xen.lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:16:15 +0100
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Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> The one generated by manually running grub2-mkconfig creates a Xen
>> submenu with all the various kernels under it, whereas after
>> installing a new kernel, the one generated has all the xen + kernels
>> in the top level menu.
>
> Oh, well, that is kind of convient. So you install new kernel and viola
> the new kernel boots in the hypervisor kernel?

No, because the baremetal stanza for the new kernel seems to always be
before the xen stanza

>> I've submitted a bug with a patch to make the /etc/20_linux_xen helper
>> script ignore the symbol files and symbolic links, if there's no need
>> for the symbolic links the patch could be even simpler.
>
> Could you also send the patch to upstream grub2? So that other
> distros can benefit as well?

Yes, will do ...

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