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Re: [Xen-users] cdrom pv install

To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: jim burns <jim_burn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:38:26 -0500
Delivery-date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:39:26 -0800
List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>

On Monday 28 January 2008 04:40:00 pm jonr@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I thought when you installed  
> from CD that the install would be a HVM and not a PV, is that incorrect?

Actually, the problem is not being able to boot off a cd/dvd, not that you 
can't read it. Some distros provide a xen kernel image on the install disk, 
and virt-manager/Yast, etc. extract that image to /tmp to boot off of, then 
proceed with the normal install.

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