[syslinux] Loading Xen with PXELinux

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Mar 18 00:04:27 PST 2005


Matt C wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
> I found this old message on the web archives. I've gotten Xen working 
> with PXELinux, albeit with something of a hack. The basic chain is:
> 
> 1. pxelinux
> 2. memdisk
> 3. FAT16 floppy image
> 4. grub installed on floppy image
> 5. xen.gz and vmlinuz on floppy image
> 
> While this seems pretty simple, the key bits were to use:
> 
> 1. FAT16 (not ext2, etc) for the floppy image
> 2. use the 'raw' flag when booting the floppy with memdisk
> 
> I've documented the whole mess here:
> http://www.phlinux.com/?doc=7
> 
> Hope it helps someone... and thanks for the pxelinux tool, I use it on a 
> daily basis!
> 

FWIW, I'll be adding proper Xen support (probably via a com32 module) as 
soon as I can get me some hacking time.

	-hpa




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