Comments on: Custom kernels with pv-grub http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/ Announcements, news, and musings from your pals at Linode.com Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joey Hess http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/comment-page-1/#comment-35106 Joey Hess Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:02:56 +0000 http://blog.linode.com/?p=164#comment-35106 I'm in the process of switching from slicehost because of this. I’m in the process of switching from slicehost because of this.

]]> By: dan http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/comment-page-1/#comment-20388 dan Fri, 08 May 2009 06:05:48 +0000 http://blog.linode.com/?p=164#comment-20388 I recently switched to Linode because of this. I've been running Gentoo with my own custom kernel for a few days now and it's working great. This feature is awesome. I recently switched to Linode because of this. I’ve been running Gentoo with my own custom kernel for a few days now and it’s working great. This feature is awesome.

]]> By: Justin Thomas http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/comment-page-1/#comment-12243 Justin Thomas Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:15:06 +0000 http://blog.linode.com/?p=164#comment-12243 That's great news. I'm going to play around with this a bit. I suspect I won't be able to get it to do what I ultimately want: boot an OpenSolaris (2008.11) instance. I've been able to get OpenSolaris running well on XenServer, but I can't use pv_grub. The root filesystem is ZFS, so the script can't reach in and pull out the menu.lst file unless it knows how to deal with that FS. In my experience, I have to use the PV-args and PV-kernel parameters in XenServer to make it work (see my website for details). If there's a way that you can expose those configuration items, that would be awesome. That’s great news. I’m going to play around with this a bit.

I suspect I won’t be able to get it to do what I ultimately want: boot an OpenSolaris (2008.11) instance. I’ve been able to get OpenSolaris running well on XenServer, but I can’t use pv_grub. The root filesystem is ZFS, so the script can’t reach in and pull out the menu.lst file unless it knows how to deal with that FS.

In my experience, I have to use the PV-args and PV-kernel parameters in XenServer to make it work (see my website for details). If there’s a way that you can expose those configuration items, that would be awesome.

]]> By: David Sickmiller http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/comment-page-1/#comment-11303 David Sickmiller Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:01:28 +0000 http://blog.linode.com/?p=164#comment-11303 In case anyone else is thinking of going down the same path I tried, the CentOS 5.2 kernel-xen package wasn't built with all of the options specified on the linked wiki page, so it won't work with pv-grub without a custom compile (unless I did something wrong). In case anyone else is thinking of going down the same path I tried, the CentOS 5.2 kernel-xen package wasn’t built with all of the options specified on the linked wiki page, so it won’t work with pv-grub without a custom compile (unless I did something wrong).

]]> By: marios http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/comment-page-1/#comment-10719 marios Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:30:56 +0000 http://blog.linode.com/?p=164#comment-10719 Well, the reason I'm asking is because I have experienced stability problems with vmware's CONFIG_VMI kernel option in an otherwise very stable kernel. Well, the reason I’m asking is because I have experienced stability problems with vmware’s CONFIG_VMI kernel option in an otherwise very stable kernel.

]]> By: caker http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/comment-page-1/#comment-10714 caker Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:00:11 +0000 http://blog.linode.com/?p=164#comment-10714 How stable is pv_grub? pv_grub boots your own kernel, and then it's done, so it has little to do with stability. I think the question is: how stable the custom kernel that you've provided is. How stable is pv_grub? pv_grub boots your own kernel, and then it’s done, so it has little to do with stability. I think the question is: how stable the custom kernel that you’ve provided is.

]]> By: marios http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/comment-page-1/#comment-10710 marios Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:54:13 +0000 http://blog.linode.com/?p=164#comment-10710 How stable is that? Is it stable enough for a production system? How stable is that? Is it stable enough for a production system?

]]> By: Sean’s Mental Walkabout » Blog Archive » Links for December 25th http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/comment-page-1/#comment-10082 Sean’s Mental Walkabout » Blog Archive » Links for December 25th Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:02:30 +0000 http://blog.linode.com/?p=164#comment-10082 [...] Linode Blog » Custom kernels with pv-grubThis would be enough to run selinux or app-armor on linode now. [...] [...] Linode Blog » Custom kernels with pv-grubThis would be enough to run selinux or app-armor on linode now. [...]

]]> By: Running xBSD on Linode a Reality with pv-grub | HostingFu http://blog.linode.com/2008/12/23/custom-kernels-with-pv-grub/comment-page-1/#comment-9976 Running xBSD on Linode a Reality with pv-grub | HostingFu Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:16:39 +0000 http://blog.linode.com/?p=164#comment-9976 [...] Posted on December 24, 2008 - 8:19am I reckon the logo on Linode Wiki needs a change. Via Linode’s latest blog post, it is now possible to roll your own operating system with Linode’s pv-grub support. [...] [...] Posted on December 24, 2008 – 8:19am I reckon the logo on Linode Wiki needs a change. Via Linode’s latest blog post, it is now possible to roll your own operating system with Linode’s pv-grub support. [...]

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