[xen-tools-discuss] Re: Debian guest on Fedora 8 Dom0

[Mike Brotzman]

>  You need debootstrap on the Fedora system to create the system
>  initially, and to start the Debian guest, you need the kernel and a
>  matching ramdisk(containing important modules) of the debian xen
>  Kernel on the host, and inside the guest you need matching kernel
>  modules.
>  Surely, you need to put the right kernel and ramdisk lines into your
>  xen-tools config files and config templates - or, for testing, add
>  them manually into the generated xen config files.

The person who actually tried to do this is in a meeting so I'll just
reply to this part right now.  After running deboostrap we tried to
copy the appropriate kernel and modules into the guest Debian image
where they would normally go and didn't try to use any sort of ram
disk.  I'll get you more details in a few.