Re: [Libvir] Empty <bootloader> tag?
Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 10:56:39PM -0800, Kaitlin Rupert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I created a guest from XML without a <bootloader> tag. When I run
> dumpxml on the guest, I notice that an empty <bootloader /> tag is
> appended. Is this the expected behavior? This seems to differ from the
> behavior of other optional tags.
Yes & no. You should get a bootloader tag added only if you didn't
already have a kerenl/initrd tag.
What version of Xen are you using ? Please capture the output of
'xm list --long {NAME OF GUEST}'
Dan
sudo /usr/sbin/xm list --long domU1
(domain
(on_crash destroy)
(uuid 12278656-c4c9-11dc-8852-feffffffffff)
(bootloader_args )
(vcpus 1)
(name domU1)
(on_poweroff destroy)
(on_reboot restart)
(bootloader )
(maxmem 128)
(memory 128)
(shadow_memory 0)
(cpu_weight 256)
(cpu_cap 0)
(features )
(on_xend_start ignore)
(on_xend_stop ignore)
(image
(linux
(kernel /tmp/default-xen-kernel)
(ramdisk /tmp/default-xen-initrd)
(args 'TERM=xterm ')
)
)
(status 0)
(device
(vif
(mac 11:22:33:aa:bb:cc)
(uuid 905b34ee-912a-5ab7-1305-3bc22593916d)
)
)
(device
(vbd
(uuid 367ed7d5-706a-523b-32f5-0199d0bd75f7)
(bootable 1)
(driver paravirtualised)
(dev xvda)
(uname file:/tmp/default-xen-dimage)
(mode w)
)
)
)
Thanks!
--
Kaitlin Rupert
IBM Linux Technology Center
kaitlin(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com