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Hi Tony,
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 02:28:11PM +0100, Tony Whitmore wrote:
>
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:15:44 +0000, Andy Smith <andy@???> wrote:
> > But on a reboot, Xen never actually destroys the virtual machine, it
> > just starts it again. That means it will have the same kernel
> > (pygrub is never run), same amount of RAM, most probably the same
> > size disk devices as well (I have never tested that bit).
>
> Does that apply for domUs virtualised under HVM too? I thought a reboot on
> an HVM domU went all the way back to the BIOS.
Ah, this I do not know as I've only ever used Xen in
paravirtualisation mode. It wouldn't surprise me if they behaved
differently.
All BitFolk VPSes are currently PV-mode Xen domUs.
Cheers,
Andy
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