Re: [Xen-users] hvm gracefull power off

[Thomas Halinka <lists@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brian,

Am Freitag, den 13.02.2009, 14:54 -0800 schrieb Brian Krusic:
> Hi Thiago,
> 
> 
> I think you mentioned running Ubuntu domUs.
> 
> 
> I couldn't find much help converting an Ubuntu 7.10 domU tp a PVM.
> 
> 
> Do you know of any resource for this?

in domU:

apt-get install $linux-image-xen
scp /lib/modules/linux-image-xen dom0:/lib/modules

in dom0:
edit domu.cfg

change kernel = & ramdisk =, to appropriate values...

xm shutdown domu && xm start domu

hth,

Thomas
> 
> 
> I'm running x64 bit.
> 
> - Brian
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 13, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Thiago Camargo Martins Cordeiro wrote:
> 
> > Sorry for the ignorance but, HVM does not have something like "ATX"
> > power button of modern desktops/servers?... correct-me if I'm wrong,
> > please... But if I press the power button of my DELL desktop, any
> > Linux distro like Ubuntu shuts down properly... Why HVM does not
> > behave like a real computer in this case?
> > 
> > I'm always have used PV machines... so I don't know to much about
> > HVM domains...
> > 
> > Thiago
> > 
> > 2009/2/13 Thomas Halinka <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
> >         Hi Brian,
> >         
> >         Am Freitag, den 13.02.2009, 11:39 -0800 schrieb Brian
> >         Krusic:
> >         > Hi all,
> >         >
> >         > I have an Ubuntu 7.x HVM that I would prefer to be
> >         shutdown gracefully
> >         > instead of what is going on now which looks to be a sudden
> >         kill;
> >         >
> >         > xm shutdown foo
> >         >
> >         > .. pretty much kills it instead of a nice halt -p.
> >         
> >         
> >         for hvm you need the gplpv-drivers in your guests.
> >         
> >         But why dont you use pv for linux-guests?
> >         
> >         >
> >         > My HVM conf file does say destroy but so do my other
> >         paravirt machines
> >         > and they gracefully shutdown.
> >         >
> >         > Any ideas how I can do this?
> >         
> >         
> >         hth,
> >         
> >         Thomas
> >         
> >         
> >         > - Brian
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >
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