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Re: [Xen-users] Loading FreeBSD in an HVM-domain on Intel-based host wit

To: Oskar Lindgren <oskar.lindgren@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Loading FreeBSD in an HVM-domain on Intel-based host with GRUB
From: Igor Chubin <igor@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:41:07 +0200
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On Do, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:32:28 +0100, Oskar Lindgren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes, it is possible. That is how I do it. But io under freebsd is slow..


Oskar, 

can you show your grub.conf?

Have you patched GRUB or you have used
GRUB from ports?


>
> / Oskar
>
> Igor Chubin skrev:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> please tell me, 
>>
>>
>> is it possible (at least theoretically) to circumvent bug 622 [1] by 
>> using
>> GRUB instead of /boot/loader to load FreeBSD kernel?
>>
>> Or it is silly idea: even if we bypass /boot/loader we will not be able 
>> to run FreeBSD kernel in a HVM-domain on a Intel-based host for some 
>> other reason?
>>
>>
>> As far as I know, GRUB can't load FreeBSD kernel
>> directly, but only can make chainloading using /boot/loader.
>> Certainly, it is not the solution, but there were patches
>> to GRUB that allow to boot FreeBSD directly [2].
>>
>> I want to try to use it and eliminate /boot/loader
>> from boot process at all.
>>
>>
>> What can you say about this idea?
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] http://bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=622
>> [2] http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?10728
>>
>>   
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