On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Luca <lucarx76@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > following the fedora-xen instruction, I was able to install XEN and Domain > 0 and create an initial ram disk with mkinitrd (which will then mount the > real root filesystem located on an hard drive on the same workstation). > > I wonder if what follows, is possible. > > On a workstation, I would not install anything. Instead I would use > etherboot, for instance, to download Xen hypervisor, Domain 0 and an initial > ram disk from a server. Everything would be loaded in memory. The initial > ram disk would then mount the real root filesystem, located this time not on > the same workstation, but on a different workstation connected to the > network. > > I have tried building by myself an initial ram disk capable of mounting a > real filesystem located on a different workstation but it didn't work. I'm > not a fedora or Xen expert, so I hope someone here could help me. > This claims to be out of date, but maybe it will give you some hints. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StatelessLinux/NFSRoot Cheers, Todd > Of course, I assume the NFS server is working. > > Thanks, > Luca > > -- > Fedora-xen mailing list > Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen > > -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net check out our book: http://runningxen.com -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
