Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:25:57 +0200 From: G VM <drums_gvm@hotmail.com> To: <alex@nirgal.de>, <mikemacleod@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD DomU: Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0 Message-ID: <SNT130-w21B62E6832D0BC46E8E70391A00@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <32DCF89B-7EE7-4B15-A3DA-334A7AEBC53B@nirgal.de> References: <81AF01BF-D5D9-4F61-89FC-E8399A1475CD@nirgal.de>, <4C457FD9.4080900@deployis.eu>, <3ABD17AA-B2D2-4456-9A83-0AAED0D16DAE@nirgal.de>, <SNT130-w513D4DD1AA0109E1D02CE091A00@phx.gbl>, <AANLkTilw-mdsD8B8IRZc93PbiXlJEdn9hJZDL3BbOp3M@mail.gmail.com>, <32DCF89B-7EE7-4B15-A3DA-334A7AEBC53B@nirgal.de>
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Did tried XENHVM already and this did not work for me (do note that I might have not done this thoroughly). YMMV ;) Greetings > From: alex@nirgal.de > To: mikemacleod@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:21:22 +0200 > CC: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD DomU: Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0 > > Hi, > > Am 20.07.2010 um 13:53 schrieb Michael MacLeod: > > > If you're booting the XEN kernel, it's going to need to be running in > > paravirtualized mode. It lacks drivers for non-XEN devices. Also, I > > have > > found the XEN kernel running in paravirtualized mode to be nowhere > > near > > stable enough for production use. > > Thanks for clarifying this. > > So good news is: i don't need to install a XEN-Kernel. Bad news: > GENERIC won't boot out of the box. > > > I have used 8.0 with the GENERIC kernel in > > several domUs (running on Xen 3.4.2 and 4.0) successfully. > > My provider is using XEN 3.3.1 - are there any known problems? > > > This config file will work for an 8.0 box: > <snip> > > I have to ask my provider for that. > > After a litte digging i also found the configuration for a XENHVM- > Kernel: > > /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/XENHVM > > Is this one maybe worth a try? > > Regards, > > Alex > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-xen@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-xen-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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