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Re: [Xen-users] Using Xen on Cobalt Raq4

> > You could look at Tim Deegan's mbootpack tool
> > (http://www.tjd.phlegethon.org/software/), which can package up Xen, the
> > dom0 kernel and an initrd all into one file which can be booted by
> > non-multiboot bootloaders.
>
> I was not aware of that tool, thank you very much. Actually, it looks like
> the file created looks like a x86 boot sector. I am not sure cobalt-rom
> accepts such files, maybe just elf files that need to be bzip2 compressed,
> I will check.

I think it's make to look like a Linux bzImage, so in principle you should be 
able to boot that iff you have something that can boot a bzImage.

An alternative would be to boot a kexec-capable Linux - then you should be 
able to kexec into Xen, if your kexec tools are new enough.  This should 
avoid fiddling with the cobalt's bootloader, at the expense of having to go 
through Linux on the way.

Cheers,
Mark

-- 
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