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[Xen-devel] Re: domUloader Vs pygrub

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Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: domUloader Vs pygrub
From: jd <jdsw2002@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:10:31 -0800 (PST)
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fwding to xendevel for comments.

Basically, I have some vm_templates with pygrub that
work, but with domUloader for each image, one has to
find out the kernel/ramdisk from domU and provide this
in the vm config file. 

What is a good way to do this ? 

(scanning disks, partitions, mounting them, and then
search for kernel. .. isnt this what the loader is
supposed to do ?)

I really hope I am missing something in the way to use
domUloader.

thanks
/Jd

--- jd <jdsw2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi
>   I have been using pygrub for most of the needs.
> Was
> trying out some stuff on SLES 10 SP1. It seems that
> it
> does not have pygrub!!
> 
>     On the other hand,they have domUloader.py which
> requires bootargs="--entry=hda:/boot/vmlinuz....,
> path
> to ramdisk. 
> 
>    It is quite strange to be asking for the path of
> the kernel and the ramdisk to be supplied in the
> conf
> file!!.
> 
> Am I missing something here ? PyGrub does not
> require
> all these details.
> 
> For example :
>     on one of my images, the path is
>
/boot/initrd-2.6.16.29-0.11.smp.pae.gcc3.4.x86.i686.xen.domU.img
> 
> 
> -- Also, the domUloader does gives error when there
> is
> not partition. i.e. the image can be simply mounted
> by
> using mount -o loop /file.disk /mount/point
> 
> 
> /Jd
>  
> 
> 
>      
>
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