Difference between revisions of "GSP Virtualisation with Xen"
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See [http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121875 http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121875]. | See [http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121875 http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121875]. | ||
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| + | The page suggests to manually create an initrd file with the Xen drivers (and minus the SCSI drivers). This needs some explaining. | ||
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| + | The normal process when installing a kernel is that the initrd is populated with whatever is relevant for the ''current'' context of the system. So a system that is not running paravirtualized will normally not install an initrd with Xen drivers. Also, the Grub menu settings are weird, containing a 'kernel' that points to a xen.gz file and 'modules' for the real kernel and initrd. These must be edited to look like ordinary entries. The default entry number must be set to 0, to use the Xen kernel at next boot. | ||
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| + | Manually creating an initrd is a maintenance nightmare, but once the system is running paravirtualized, subsequent kernel upgrades will generate the correct initrd automatically so this is a one-time action only. | ||
== Wrong VM type - or resetting the boot loader == | == Wrong VM type - or resetting the boot loader == | ||
