Re: [Xen-API] pypxeboot (or similar) under XCP 1.6 - xenpvnetboot

[Alexandre Kouznetsov <alk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello.

El 10/07/13 13:50, James Bulpin escribió:
> Good spot. XenServer 6.x and XCP 1.6 all use Xen 4.1 so won't have
> this feature. XenServer will be moving to Xen 4.3 soon.
> xenpvnetboot is a drop-in replacement for pygrub so in theory when
> we get Xen 4.3 in XS you'll be able to use the PV-bootloader and
> PV-bootloader-args VM params to use it as documented on the wiki
> page but that'll probably require a couple of xapi hacks to make
> it permit the alternative bootloader and ensure the PV-kernel etc.
> args are all passed through to it properly.
That's a great expectation!

> FWIW you might even be able to manually drop the xenpvnetboot script
> onto a XenServer or XCP system based on Xen 4.1 but that'll still
> need the above xapi hacks.
With the hack Andrew Cooper suggested, it seems workable. I'll make sure 
to report back any success or failure, I have scheduled a migration of 
some diskful VM's to diskless next week.
Thank you.

--
Alexandre Kouznetsov


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