Re: [Xen-devel] Xen-NetBSD question

[Roberto Pereyra <xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 I again !

Christian why do you say that:

> > > -  I need always a linux host for boot DOM0 ? If it's true, why ?
> >
> > yes, because the NetBSD port doesn't support access to the hardware.
> > You would also not be able to start other domains because the port
> > doesn't support dom0 operations.  Finally you'd need network/block
> > backend drivers so that other domains could access network/block
> > devices.

but in http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-xen/2004/04/27/0000.html

you say:

>       o Can I boot NetBSD/Xen without having a NFS root? e.g. from
>            a HD or CDROM.

>You don't need an NFS root anymore since I added a block device driver.
>With the xen12load loader it is also possible to boot NetBSD as domain0.
>The block device driver will hijack the wd/sd/cd major numbers and
>should give you access to your IDE/SCSI devices just like regular
>NetBSD/i386 (unless Xen probes the devices in a different order).  This
>allows you to boot from a NetBSD/i386 root filesystem without having
>to change /etc/fstab.

This only works in Xen 1.2 ? not in Xen 2.0 ?

Thanks in advance.

roberto
















On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 09:47:14AM -0300, Roberto Pereyra wrote:
> 
> Hi Christian !
> 
> Then the netbsd-xen port only enable to build a kernel and start netbsd 
> domains >=1 ?
> 
> How I can install a "normal" netbsd 2 system in a DOM>=1 ?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> roberto 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 12:29:27PM +0000, Christian Limpach wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 09:20:12AM -0300, Roberto Pereyra wrote:
> > > -  I need always a linux host for boot DOM0 ? If it's true, why ?
> > 
> > yes, because the NetBSD port doesn't support access to the hardware.
> > You would also not be able to start other domains because the port
> > doesn't support dom0 operations.  Finally you'd need network/block
> > backend drivers so that other domains could access network/block
> > devices.
> > 
> > > -  I can use a NetBSD host for do it ?
> > > - I can use only NetBSD for use Xen in DOM0 and the others domains ?
> > 
> > Not sure what you're asking.
> > 
> >     christian
> > 
> 
> 
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