Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installin

To:	Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel
From:	Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 7 Sep 2010 03:28:31 -0700 (PDT)
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> Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary (first)
>> partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" - which is
>> the default)

It was written concerning Dom0 set-up on top F13 not DomU

Boris.

--- On Mon, 9/6/10, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Step-by-step tutorial: Installing Xen 4.0.1 rpms on Fedora 13 with pvops Linux 2.6.32.x dom0 kernel
To: "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx>
Cc: xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, virt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, September 6, 2010, 8:57 PM

On 09/05/2010 10:20 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 05:18:07AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>> > Note about disk partitioning: Make /boot partition the primary (first)
>> partition and choose the filesystem type as "ext3" (not "ext4" - which is
>> the default)
>>
>> Could you , please , explain why ?
>>
> It's "just in case". It's not really required.
> I prefer making sure every tool out there can read /boot partition
> to avoid problems :)

pvgrub can't handle ext4 partitions, and does so in a non-obvious way
(often by just going into a spin loop...).

J

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