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Re: A question about Dom0.


  • To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: Andy Smith <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:44:30 +0000
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Hello,

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 08:21:51PM +0000, Jason Long wrote:
> Thus, Xen installed on the Dom0?

The Xen hypervisor kernel image is usually stored inside what is the
dom0's /boot directory but it is booted directly by the
hardware/firmware before dom0 exists, because dom0 is just another
VM that the hypervisor then runs.

The image also might not be stored inside the dom0 filesystem as it
might be booted over the network or whatever.

Also a full Xen install is not functional without its management
tools, of which the dom0 operating system and several software
packages on it are a part.

So whether you consider Xen to be installed "on" the dom0 is really
a question of perspective. You aren't asking specific enough
questions to get a simple short answer.

Cheers,
Andy



 


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