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Re: [Xen-users] Xen boot problem with normal kernel on DomU(newbie quest

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen boot problem with normal kernel on DomU(newbie question)
From: Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:38:22 -0500
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On Tuesday 22 July 2008, rajnish kumar wrote:
> Is it mean that only xen kernel can be booted on to a DomU or am i
> doing something wrong. Am i doing any mistake here or this is
> limitation of xen as compared to vmware.

this is one aspect in which Xen is fundamentally different from VMWare; so you 
can't say if it's a limitation or a feature :-)

in short: your setup is for a paravirtualized guest, so you need a 
paravirtualized kernel.  if you want to use a 'normal' kernel, you have to 
use "full virtualization" (a.k.a HVM) 

you can say that's a limitation of Xen, or a limitation of VMWare, since it 
only does full virtualization.


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Javier

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