Re: [Xen-users] Best way to convert pv to hvm?

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tim Post wrote:
> Well, he did say from PV to HVM, I can't think of anything PV that can't
> be made to play nicely with a NFS root. But there very well may be.
>
> You can install grub and stuff prior to starting the process via the PV
> guests OS packaging mechanism which also gives you the appropriate
> native kernel and modules in most cases, commonly people forget about
> the modules and wonder why it won't boot.
>
> I guess my method could be a nightmare if circumstances were just right,
> but I've yet to run into those circumstances even with older kernels.
>   
I find the reverse, that NFS booting works well only when the 
circumstances are just right. I've attempted to NFS boot in 
distributions that didn't support it natively, and have had *serious* 
problems with it. (SuSE: it had to be SuSE......)

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