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authorKeir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>2010-03-05 14:30:45 +0000
committerKeir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>2010-03-05 14:30:45 +0000
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[PV-GRUB DOC] Add details to PV-GRUB documentation
Add a couple of documentation details about PV-GRUB support - the menu.lst content can be passed as a ramdisk. - virtual partitions are not supported. Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/stubdom/README b/stubdom/README
index 0dcce2a26d..24fd847b79 100644
--- a/stubdom/README
+++ b/stubdom/README
@@ -52,11 +52,17 @@ kernel = "pv-grub.gz"
extra = "(hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst"
-you can also use a tftp path (dhcp will be automatically performed):
+or you can provide the content of a menu.lst stored in dom0 by passing it as a
+ramdisk:
+
+ramdisk = "/boot/domU-1-menu.lst"
+
+or you can also use a tftp path (dhcp will be automatically performed):
extra = "(nd)/somepath/menu.lst"
-or you can set it in option 150 of your dhcp server and leave extra empty
+or you can set it in option 150 of your dhcp server and leave extra and ramdisk
+empty (dhcp will be automatically performed)
Limitations
===========
@@ -69,6 +75,13 @@ export XEN_TARGET_ARCH=x86_32
- bootsplash is supported, but the ioemu backend does not yet support restart
for use by the booted kernel.
+- PV-GRUB doesn't support virtualized partitions. For instance:
+
+disk = [ 'phy:hda7,hda7,w' ]
+
+will be seen by PV-GRUB as (hd0), not (hd0,6), since GRUB will not see any
+partition table.
+
Your own stubdom
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