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Subject: RE: FreeBSD DomU: Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0
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 Did tried XENHVM already and this did not work for me (do note that I migh=
t have not done this thoroughly).
YMMV =3B)


Greetings





> From: alex@nirgal.de
> To: mikemacleod@gmail.com
> Date: Tue=2C 20 Jul 2010 17:21:22 +0200
> CC: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD DomU: Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0
>=20
> Hi=2C
>=20
> Am 20.07.2010 um 13:53 schrieb Michael MacLeod:
>=20
> > If you're booting the XEN kernel=2C it's going to need to be running in
> > paravirtualized mode. It lacks drivers for non-XEN devices. Also=2C I =
=20
> > have
> > found the XEN kernel running in paravirtualized mode to be nowhere =20
> > near
> > stable enough for production use.
>=20
> Thanks for clarifying this.
>=20
> So good news is: i don't need to install a XEN-Kernel. Bad news: =20
> GENERIC won't boot out of the box.
>=20
> > I have used 8.0 with the GENERIC kernel in
> > several domUs (running on Xen 3.4.2 and 4.0) successfully.
>=20
> My provider is using XEN 3.3.1 - are there any known problems?
>=20
> > This config file will work for an 8.0 box:
> <snip>
>=20
> I have to ask my provider for that.
>=20
> After a litte digging i also found the configuration for a XENHVM-=20
> Kernel:
>=20
>    /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/XENHVM
>=20
> Is this one maybe worth a try?
>=20
> Regards=2C
>=20
> Alex
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