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| author | iap10@freefall.cl.cam.ac.uk <iap10@freefall.cl.cam.ac.uk> | 2005-12-04 01:34:25 +0100 |
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| committer | iap10@freefall.cl.cam.ac.uk <iap10@freefall.cl.cam.ac.uk> | 2005-12-04 01:34:25 +0100 |
| commit | e44081a02a5cfa71a6278e2d2e832e7db27aa249 (patch) | |
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Readme typos
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ by the original Xen development team to build enterprise products around Xen. The 3.0 release offers excellent performance, hardware support and -enterprise-grade features such as x86_32-PAE, x86_64, SMP gusets 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 will follow later (and are already available for previous Xen releases). @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ performed with root privileges.] module /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img NB: Not all kernel configs need an initial ram disk (initrd), but - if you do specify one you need you'll need to use 'module' grub - directive rather than 'initrd'. + if you do specify one you'll need to use the 'module' grub directive + rather than 'initrd'. The linux command line takes all the usual options, such as root=<root-dev> to specify your usual root partition (e.g., @@ -148,20 +148,9 @@ On Linux: 5. To rebuild a kernel with a modified config: - # cd linux-2.6.12-xen # or linux-2.6.12-xen0 etc. - # make ARCH=xen menuconfig # or xconfig - # cd .. - # make dist - # make install - - Alternatively, you can also copy your config file to - dist/install/boot/config-$version-xen0/U. This is picked up - when a make dist is done. Include the ARCH=xen directive for - all make commands when building the kernels. - - NB: The need to specify ARCH=xen when building linux is likely to - disappear soon: the Xen patch is being rearranged to become just - another config option rather than a separate 'architecture'. + # make linux-2.6-xen-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig (or xconfig) + # make linux-2.6-xen-build + # make linux-2.6-xen-install Depending on your config, you may need to use 'mkinitrd' to create an initial ram disk, just like a native system e.g. |