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List:       xen-users
Subject:    Re: [Xen-users] sharing kernels
From:       Jeff Utter <jeffutter.lists () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-04-28 20:31:48
Message-ID: 44527BB4.3080509 () gmail ! com
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Oh wow, i didn't even think of using a ro partition :-P i was concocting 
some grand scheme involving nfs, but yeah a ro partition would be easy.. 
that should handle it for me, thanks.

-Jeff

list user wrote:
> Jeff Utter wrote:
>> Hey, I was just wondering if anyone on the list had any clever 
>> solutions to the small problem I'm having.
>>
>> I'm running Xen on FC5, with a few FC5 DomU's.
>>
>> Basically i have to have kernel-xenU-version kernel-xen0-version both 
>> installed in my domU (so the domU kernel image is present in my dom0 
>> so they can boot) as well as installing the kernel-xenU package on 
>> each of my domU's so that the libraries are present.
>>
>> Would it be easy/possible/smart to setup a nfs share or something 
>> similar of my dom0's /boot partition as well as /library/modules to 
>> share to my domU's so that when i install a new kernel all i would 
>> need to do is change the domU's config file?
>>
>> has anyone tried anything like that?
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> I use a shared /usr partition between my dom0 and all the domU's.  You 
> may be able to do something like that.
>
> Create a logical volume to contain /lib/modules/2.6.xx-xen.  Export it 
> in your domU definitions as one of the "disk = []" entries, read only,
> then add a mount line in each of your domU's for it.  Guaranteed to be 
> the same on each domU.
>
> BTW, none of my domU's even has a /boot partition.
>
>
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