NetBSD as a Xen domU

From Sfvlug

Revision as of 06:37, 1 August 2009

I used CentOS 5.3 x86_64 (Linux) as the dom0, but that should be irrelevant.

/etc/xen/auto/netbsd

# -*- python -*-                                                                

if xm_vars.env.get('install'):
    kernel      = "/var/lib/xen/images/netbsd-INSTALL_XEN3_DOMU.amd64"
    on_reboot   = "destroy"
    on_crash    = "destroy"
else:
    kernel      = "/var/lib/xen/images/netbsd-XEN3_DOMU.amd64"
    on_reboot   = "restart"
    on_crash    = "restart"

name            = "netbsd"
uuid            = "a351589d-9858-42de-8749-f6048aa08f72"
maxmem          = 256
memory          = 256
vcpus           = 1
on_poweroff     = "destroy"
root            = "xbd0"
vfb             = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=1,keymap=en-us" ]
disk            = [ "phy:/dev/VolGroup00/netbsd,0x1,w" ]
vif             = [ "mac=00:16:3E:A8:01:03,bridge=xenbr0" ]

if ...

The Xen xm command creates a special Python object, which you can use to test the environment. The end result is that when you are installing the domU, invoke the following:

 xm create -c netbsd install=1 

And when otherwise starting an installed domU, invoke:

 xm create -c netbsd