Difference between revisions of "GSP Virtualisation with Xen"

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 == Creating template-based PV guests using existing disk images ==
-By default, the VM templates will install a new machine, and the PV templates in particular will want to trirveie an install image from HTTP, NFS or CD-ROM. This may not be what you want if you have an existing image. The difference is in the PV-bootloader which is set after creating the VM configuration. By default, it's the 'eliloader', but to just start the VM ti should be 'pygrub'.
+By default, the VM templates will install a new machine, and the PV templates in particular will want to retrieve an install image from HTTP, NFS or CD-ROM. This may not be what you want if you have an existing image. The difference is in the PV-bootloader which is set after creating the VM configuration. By default, it's the 'eliloader', but to just start the VM it should be 'pygrub'. To create a VM based on an imported (raw or VDI) disk image, use a template ''but do not start it''. Instead first modify the bootloader.
 To obtain the current PV boot loader:

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