aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/README
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorkfraser@localhost.localdomain <kfraser@localhost.localdomain>2007-06-07 16:44:04 +0100
committerkfraser@localhost.localdomain <kfraser@localhost.localdomain>2007-06-07 16:44:04 +0100
commit79669c1728d9ce1fd6d697aa6ae0ff113d9c16db (patch)
treeeb82d3f0080d2e088c7baaa95436ae5fd8baff5f /README
parent94c85019981270a21e6e3aeba694f3b7b444b566 (diff)
downloadxen-79669c1728d9ce1fd6d697aa6ae0ff113d9c16db.tar.gz
xen-79669c1728d9ce1fd6d697aa6ae0ff113d9c16db.tar.bz2
xen-79669c1728d9ce1fd6d697aa6ae0ff113d9c16db.zip
Fix the README to match Xen 3.1
From: Ryan Riley <rileyrd@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
-rw-r--r--README35
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 10ef237bc9..53cb8b4b7d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-################################
- __ __ _____ ___
- \ \/ /___ _ __ |___ / / _ \
- \ // _ \ '_ \ |_ \| | | |
- / \ __/ | | | ___) | |_| |
- /_/\_\___|_| |_| |____(_)___/
+#############################
+ __ __ _____ _
+ \ \/ /___ _ __ |___ / / |
+ \ // _ \ '_ \ |_ \ | |
+ / \ __/ | | | ___) || |
+ /_/\_\___|_| |_| |____(_)_|
-################################
+#############################
http://www.xensource.com/xen/about.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ development community, spearheaded by XenSource Inc, a company created
by the original Xen development team to build enterprise products
around Xen.
-The 3.0 release offers excellent performance, hardware support and
+The 3.1 release offers excellent performance, hardware support and
enterprise-grade features such as x86_32-PAE, x86_64, SMP guests and
live relocation of VMs. This install tree contains source for a Linux
2.6 guest; ports to Linux 2.4, NetBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris are
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ performed with root privileges.]
/boot/grub/menu.lst: edit this file to include an entry like the
following:
- title Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6
- kernel /boot/xen-3.0.gz console=vga
+ title Xen 3.1 / XenLinux 2.6
+ kernel /boot/xen-3.1.gz console=vga
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=<root-dev> ro console=tty0
module /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ performed with root privileges.]
32MB memory for internal use, which is not available for allocation
to virtual machines.
-3. Reboot your system and select the "Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6" menu
+3. Reboot your system and select the "Xen 3.1 / XenLinux 2.6" menu
option. After booting Xen, Linux will start and your initialisation
scripts should execute in the usual way.
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ performed with root privileges.]
1. Download and untar the source tarball file. This will be a
file named xen-unstable-src.tgz, or xen-$version-src.tgz.
- You can also pull the current version from the SCMS
- that is being used (Bitkeeper, scheduled to change shortly).
+ You can also pull the current version from the mercurial
+ repository at http://xenbits.xensource.com/
# tar xzf xen-unstable-src.tgz
@@ -173,8 +173,13 @@ On Linux:
Depending on your config, you may need to use 'mkinitrd' to create
an initial ram disk, just like a native system e.g.
- # depmod 2.6.16-xen
- # mkinitrd -v -f --with=aacraid --with=sd_mod --with=scsi_mod initrd-2.6.16-xen.img 2.6.16-xen
+ # depmod 2.6.18-xen
+ # mkinitrd -v -f --with=aacraid --with=sd_mod --with=scsi_mod initrd-2.6.18-xen.img 2.6.18-xen
+
+ Other systems may requires the use of 'mkinitramfs' to create the
+ ram disk.
+ # depmod 2.6.18-xen
+ # mkinitramfs -o initrd-2.6.18-xen.img 2.6.18-xen
Python Runtime Libraries