xen on ltsp

[Gavin McCullagh]

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007, Gavin McCullagh wrote:

> My pxelinux.cfg file is:
> 
> DEFAULT xen/mboot.c32 xen/xen-3.0-i386.gz dom0_mem=258048 --- xen/xen0-linux-2.6.17-6-generic-xen0 ro initrd=xen/initrd.img-2.6.17-6-generic-xen0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600 panic=30

I eventually got it right by sticking more rigidly to what the wiki said.

> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xen_and_Gentoo#Alternative:_PXELinux

DEFAULT xen/mboot.c32 xen/xen-3.0-i386.gz dom0_mem=258048 --- xen/xen0-linux-2.6.17-6-generic-xen0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600 panic=1200 --- xen/initrd.img-2.6.17-6-generic-xen0

I must admit I don't understand why the initrd comes as a third module not
as an option to the kernel, but I guess I don't understand much about
mboot.c32.

To answer Jonathan's question, it's actually edgy (shock!).  I know, I
should upgrade :-)

I'll be happy enough to upgrade to feisty but the LTSP improvements in
gutsy (notably the use of a root image) is not ideal for my purposes.  Is
there a simple means to get gutsy ltsp running using a read-only NFS mount
again?  I guess it'll boot slower, but it's nice and flexible in other ways
-- like I can install stuff into the chroot and have them available
immediately.

Gavin