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Re: [Xen-devel] Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.10 Se

To: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.10 Server HVM DomU ( 2.6.30.2 xenified kernel)
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:44:27 +0100
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On 30/08/2009 10:32, "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Directive "root=UUID=...." switched off via editing /etc/default/grub and
> update-grub
> run.
> Seems to be Grub2's  multiboot implementation issue.
>  Grub2 breaks backward compatibility in meantime per my opinion.
> Please, advise if i am wrong about that.

Well, it might be a bug in Xen's interpretation of the multiboot spec of
course. The basic issue is that no Xen developer has tested GRUB2, and no
GRUB2 developer has tested Xen. :-) No doubt this will get fixed if GRUB2
gains traction.

 -- Keir



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