John Levon wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 06:12:25PM -0400, Dave Miner wrote: > >> The most visible portion of the change, and hence the reason John's >> cc'ed here, is the existence of two boot archives; we'll use the >> standard module$ GRUB command to resolve $ISADIR and find the correct >> archive. Since they have to move, anyway, I've relocated the boot >> archive from /boot/boot_archive to /platform/i86pc/boot_archive and >> /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive, respectively. I don't expect that >> this is a huge problem for xVM to adjust for, but John, please speak up >> ASAP if it is. Note that this change *only* applies to the live CD; the > > Can you confirm that this doesn't apply to the final installed image > (i.e. that stays as it is) ? >
The installed location is unchanged; the new path being used here is the same as on installed systems. > When 2009.06 moved the archive to /boot/boot_archive, we integrated a > virt-install fix in time (just) for the release. If you move it again, > you'll break virt-install for 2009.06 on 2009.06 installs[1]. Please > leave it in its current location. > > (Installs are always 32-bit, so we don't care about the 64-bit path.) > The (admittedly somewhat feeble) reason I would like to move it is that otherwise I have to introduce another new directory, /boot/amd64, just to hold that 64-bit archive in order for the module$ command to resolve this. What's the possibility of just making this change in the already-scheduled 111a respin? As you note, installs on 2008.11 hosts are already broken, so that's no reason to refrain. > Can you provide a live CD with the last version of your changes so I can > help verify that it's working? > Sent separately... Dave
