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Re: [Xen-devel] PVM guests and p[yv]grub and the extra= parameter

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] PVM guests and p[yv]grub and the extra= parameter
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:22:42 +0100
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Since pvgrub is basically grub in a minios wrapper, the config parsing
aspects should work identically to normal grub.

 -- Keir

On 2/7/08 18:17, "Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At Xen Summit, Ian's presentation touched on PVGrub which is
> intended to be a more secure replacement for PyGrub.
> 
> I've noticed that PyGrub doesn't honor the extra= parameter
> in a VM config file (which adds additional kernel command line
> parameters, e.g. extra=1 will boot single-user mode).
> 
> Will PVGrub?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
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