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Re: [Xen-users] Solaris dom0, prebuilt domU?

To: John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Solaris dom0, prebuilt domU?
From: Michael Jinks <mjinks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:40:15 -0600
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On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 05:21:58PM +0000, John Levon wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 10:41:12PM -0600, Michael Jinks wrote:
> 
> > Following the directions at opensolaris.org, it looks like virt-install
> > really wants to run a classic "install CD" with a domU-aware kernel,
> 
> Yes, virt-install expects that. If you need Gentoo, and that doesn't
> support Xen PV, you can use HVM mode.

Sadly our x4500 doesn't have the right CPU's for HVM.  I was
heartbroken.

I may just spend the half hour of doc combing to figure out how to make
my own Gentoo install CD with a custom kernel.  At this point that's
looking easier than trying to figure out how to force-feed an img file
onto a ZFS volume.

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