Re: [Xen-users] Separate kernel on domU's

[eva <evammg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 22 February 2012 13:05, Fajar A. Nugraha <list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:28 PM, eva <evammg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> At this point I am a bit lost.
>
> :D
>
> Too much information for newbies, perhaps.
>
>>
>> I have searched information about this but it's still not clear to me.
>>
>> It seems that Xen hypervisor shares the kernel with domU's,
>
> No.
>
> domU can use the same kernel as dom0, and sometimes it can share the
> same initrd as well.
>
>> but this
>> is not recommended because it makes it can easily mess it all up..
>
> "easily" is a relative term, and some might not agree with that
> statement, but IMHO yes.
>
>> But, with an option through xen-tools you can create a domU with a
>> separate kernel..
>
> Probably. I don't use xen-tools.
>
>>does that mean that uses a stub domain?
>
> stub domain is another beast altogether. Better forget about that for now.
>
>> I'd appreciate any hint about how Xen works here.
>
> A good howto for Ubuntu domU installation is here:
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Ubuntu_10.04_domU
>
> Some of it should apply to debian as well.
>
> --
> Fajar

Thanks, I've got homework to do now.

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