[syslinux] booting Xen hypervisor

[Geert Stappers]

Op 24-11-2006 om 09:48 schreef Peter Schobel:
> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 12:36 +0000, Tim Deegan wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > > label xen
> > >  kernel pxelinux/com32/modules/mboot.c32
> > >  append boot/xen.gz nosmp noacpi --- boot/res-1-kernel
> > > ramdisk_size=131072 ramdisk_blocksize=1024 console=ttyS0 apm=off id=1
> > > qrm=10.0.1.1 ip=10.0.0.99:10.0.1.1:10.0.0.1:255.0.0.0
> > > BOOTIF=00:0d:60:d5:d6:3b --- boot/res-1-initrd.img
> > >  ipappend 3
> > 
> > The IPAPPEND flag won't work with Xen; it will just add things to the
> > end of the mboot.c32 command line, which will be translated into
> > command-line arguments to the initrd image (which should be ignored by
> > Xen).  It clashes with the explicit IP information you're supplying anyway.
> > 
> > If you're using a serial line, you need to tell Xen where its console
> > is, e.g. for a serial console add "com1=115200,8n1 console=com1" after
> > "boot/xen.gz".  To explicitly request the vga console, use "console=tty".
> > 
> Wow, that was an easy fix.

Does that mean that xen works with pxelinux?

If yes, could the working setup be posted here?


Cheers
Geert Stappers
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