Am 2007-01-09 17:36:20, schrieb Mark Williamson:
> "multiboot" in this context doesn't refer to booting multiple OS kernels.
> It's a specific standard for a kernel<->bootloader interface, which is
> implemented by Grub but not by lilo. I think it actually originates from the
> Grub people, but is also supported by a few other bootloaders.
>
> A particular feature which we use: multiboot allows one to pass
> several "modules" to the kernel being booted. Under Grub, multiboot is used
> to boot xen.gz as the kernel, and pass a vmlinuz and an initrd to Xen as
> modules (these are then used to start dom0).
???
I run from LILO (!!!) multiple OS AND multiple kernels with and without
initrd. Lilo boot already several kernels and initrs's of choice where
GRUB was not born.
Since the default kernel xen-686 from Debian does not boot on my machine
(Uniprocessor) and the Debian-Maintainers have compiled in the SMP stuff
I need to compile my own kernel, -- BUT ONLY WITH THE NEEDED MODULES.
I hate initrd's which I have never used in the last 8 years.
The produce only errors and then the kernel can not be uses for RESCUE.
> * use the mbootpack tool previously mentioned to package Xen and the dom0
> kernel into a single image bootable by lilo as the "kernel"
Which mean my Security stuff will not more work...
Even grub has not the feature to boot automaticaly a desired rescue system
on failure. (If my Server crashs, I get automaticale a Rescue-System from
another partition/disk)
So if I run a High-End machine to serv some VServer I need maximum security
which is not given with "grub" or "mbootpack".
The theorie was, to install the dom0 kernel on the MasterSystem and the the
domU on each hardisk. OK this was done since I have Debian it was realy
easy. But the SMP support sucks!
Since 2006/11 my maintainership increased from 680 Machines to 2800 and if
I get this XEN stuff running the numbers of VServers will explode...
For this time I am alredy happy, if I get my Devel-Station running with Xen
> * use kexec to boot into Xen from your existing install. Kexec can support
> loading a multiboot compliant kernel and modules, if you have that support
> compiled into your kexec tools.
Which kernel version does Kexec require please?
I have tried running 2.6.16, 2.6.17 and the today I have compiled a 2.6.18
but X does not more start and some other flaws...
> Hope that helps clarify things, please let us know if you have any more
> questions.
> Cheers,
> Mark
Greetings
Michelle Konzack
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Tamay Dogan Network
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