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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] Is it safe to run only the XEN kernel on dom0 host?
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha <fajar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have an issue with my XEN servers, in that when I do a yum upgrade, it >> upgrades the kernels, and then updates the grub.conf file to boot with >> the normal Linux kernel, and not the XEN kernel - and I tend to forget >> to update the grub.conf, until I reboot and see XEN isn't running. > > Simply edit /etc/default/kernel. Set DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel-xen > >> >> So, is it safe to remove the normal kernel & kernel-development, and >> only run the XEN kernel? > > I do it on some of my servers. > >> When I want to remove kernel-headers, it wants to remove gcc as well: >> Do I really need gcc on the XEN dom0 host? > > If you use dkms for some drivers, you'll need gcc. If not, it should > be safe to remove. > > -- > Fajar > > _______________________________________________ Thank you Fajar. If a server runs XEN, and uses the XEN kernel, then what use is the normal kernel, kernel-devel & kernel-headers? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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