Re: [Xen-users] Where does PyGrub run?

[eva <evammg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 24 April 2012 12:44, Fajar A. Nugraha <list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:29 PM, eva <evammg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am still confused: does pyGrub run in dom0 as root? as it says in here:
>
> Yes
>
>> or does it run in domU? as it says in here:
>
> No.
>
>> Isn't those definitions contradictories?
>
> No.
>
> pygrub:
> - is a python script (which, IIRC, also installs several python modules)
> - runs on dom0
> - extract kernel and initrd from a domU image (file, partition, LVM,
> etc) and put it on dom0 (/var/lib/xen/...)
> - starts domU using the above kernel and initrd
>
> You can test it yourself btw: Run "pygrub -i 
> /path/to/wherever/your/domU/image"
>
> pvgrub, on the other hand, runs completely on domU. So some might say
> pvgrub is "safer" than pygrub.
>
> --
> Fajar

Thanks for the explanation, Fajar.

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