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RE: [Xen-devel] [RFC][PATCH] create an initrd for dom0 in install.shscri

On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 16:48 +0100, Ian Pratt wrote:
> > I'm guessing that the initrd created for dom0 in general 
> > won't work for
> > domU domains.  I'm not sure what to do about that.
> 
> If this is a -xen kernel, we should create a an initrd that can be used
> by both dom0 and domU, i.e. it has the necessary hardware drivers, but
> also the front end drivers.

OK I'll give that a go.
 
> Aren't there various differences between different distro's mkinitrd
> routines? What distros will this script work on?

I've only tested on ubuntu 64 bit.

There has already been some feedback with changes required for SUSE.
I'll put that in.

Harry


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