From b3bc7b059a068664f325762c9b9f21c188437c0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keir Fraser Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 14:30:45 +0000 Subject: [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 --- stubdom/README | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'stubdom/README') 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 ================ -- cgit v1.2.3