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Re: [Xen-devel] Kernel with very low memory requirement (~12MB) for domU

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Kernel with very low memory requirement (~12MB) for domU
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:48:30 +0100
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 03:09:18PM +0100, Rickard Borgmäster wrote:
> To sum it up. We need to shrink the memory needed to start a domU down 
> to somewhere around 12MB. And we do not have much time left to 
> accomplish it. We'd seriuosly appreciate any feedback or tips on how to 
> get going.

I am using Xen in a similar network testing environment and I can boot my
regular domU kernel with memory=10 without a problem.

I've attached my kernel and xen config for you to tryout. Note though that I
am using reiserfs and not ext3.

I am using this kernel config with the 2.6.16-rc1 kernel at
http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6-xen.hg

Good luck!

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