RE: [Xen-users] x86 DomU (pvm) on amd64 Dom0?

["James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> all,
> 
> Can I create a 'normal' PVM  domU of an i386 machine on my amd64 based
> dom0?  I don't want the domU to be HVM, and I just purchased another
> amd64 machine that came with debian x486 kernel, so I know this is
> possible?  Are there any debian centric howtos about doing this?  I
> suspect I'll need to install an x486 kernel on dom0 and only use it
> for the domU kernel specification?  Not sure how how to go about this.
> 

The kernel in Debian Etch doesn't have the smarts in the block driver to
be able to convert the structures between 32 and 64 bit (alignment
differences). The Debian Etch kernel is built from a very old version of
xen though (eg 3.0.x vintage). If you roll your own kernel from a recent
xen patch it should all work. Alternatively, last time I checked there
was a newer kernel in sid (unstable) that you could try.

James


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