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diff --git a/Hurd/xen.mdwn b/Hurd/xen.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3d70b4f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Hurd/xen.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Note: since GNU Mach doesn't handle PAE, you need a PAE-disabled Hypervisor. + +- Copy `gnumach-xen` and `hurd-modules` to your dom0 /boot. +- Copy `hurd` into `/etc/xen`, edit it for fixing access to your hurd / and swap +- Run `xm create -c hurd`, gnumach should get started. +- If `xm` complains about networking, it's Xen fault, see Xen documentation for how to configure the network. The simplest way is network-bridge with fixed IPs. + +If you want to generate these images, first get the `gnumach-1-branch-Xen-branch` branch from gnumach CVS. +Then look for "Ugly" in `kern/bootstrap.c`, how to generate `hurd-modules` is explained there, and you'll have to fix `EXT2FS_SIZE` and `LD_SO_SIZE` by hand. +Then use + + ./configure --enable-platform=xen + make + +Instead, you can get the binaries at <http://dept-info.labri.fr/~thibault/hurd-xen/>. + +The current `hurd-modules` was built from the debian packages `hurd 20070606-2` and `libc0.3 2.6.1-1`. |