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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo as a xen guest
From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:10:58 +0200
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On 24 September 2015 12:05:31 CEST, hw <hw@gc-24.de> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm installing Gentoo as a xen PV guest.  Do I need to install a 
>bootloader like grub, or should I rather just specify the kernel to
>boot 
>in the definition file of the guest?  If I do the latter, what about
>the 
>kernel command line?
>
>Is there anything I should consider?  The host is also running Gentoo.

For PVs, I put the kernel on the host and specify it in the domain config. (Including the kernel commandline)

I only install the kernel and grub inside the VM for non PV domains.

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