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Re: [Xen-users] Debian packages for xen3 + kernel images for dom0/U



Hi there again...


On Feb 6, 2006, at 23:01, Ralph Passgang wrote:

Am Montag, 6. Februar 2006 22:32 schrieben Sie:

And a question for everyone... what method do people normally use to
generate the initramfs for the domU kernels?

mkinitrd -o /boot/xen-modules-2.6.12.6-xen 2.6.12.6-xen
(mkinitrd -o <outfile> <kernelversion>)

debian unstable changed to yaird for creating initrd images, but I had
problems with a software raid (even if was not the root device) and so I personally switched back to mkinitrd. Debian sarge uses mkinitrd at all and
I've I remember right woody also used mkinitrd.

But you should be able to use whatever "method" you want as long as it's mountable for the kernel. for supported types see the xen kernel config (in /boot/config-2.6.12.6-xen if you installed my kernel linux- xen0-2.6).

Ironically, yaird is what I use for dom0, in fact I had to since I ran into an upgrade problem with udev, the kernel, and mkinitrd... Fortunately, yaird saved me from that... the problem I have is with my domU kernels, since they need a different subset of modules than does my dom0. I was wondering if anyone had a generic solution for creating a domU initramfs without having to boot the aforementioned initramfs with all of the modules loaded.

At the moment I grab the initramfs created for my dom0 and modify it so that it is suitable for my domU. But I was really hoping that there was a better way.

Cheers,
Paul

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