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version 1.109, 2016/12/20 04:07:39	version 1.110, 2016/12/20 04:09:54
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Upgrading Xen versions	Upgrading Xen versions
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Updating Xen is conceptually not difficult, but can run into all the	Minor version upgrades are trivial. Just rebuild/replace the
issues found when installing Xen. Assuming migration from 4.1 to 4.2,	xenkernel version and copy the new xen.gz to / (where /boot.cfg
remove the xenkernel41 and xentools41 packages and install the	references it), and reboot.
xenkernel42 and xentools42 packages. Copy the 4.2 xen.gz to /.
	Major version upgrades are conceptually not difficult, but can run
	into all the issues found when installing Xen. Assuming migration
	from 4.1 to 4.2, remove the xenkernel41 and xentools41 packages and
	install the xenkernel42 and xentools42 packages. Copy the 4.2 xen.gz
	to /.

Ensure that the contents of /etc/rc.d/xen* are correct. Specifically,	Ensure that the contents of /etc/rc.d/xen* are correct. Specifically,
they must match the package you just installed and not be left over	they must match the package you just installed and not be left over
Line 534 Enable the correct set of daemons; see t	Line 539 Enable the correct set of daemons; see t
(Upgrading from 3.x to 4.x without doing this will result in a hang.)	(Upgrading from 3.x to 4.x without doing this will result in a hang.)

Ensure that the domU config files are valid for the new version.	Ensure that the domU config files are valid for the new version.
Specifically: remove autorestart=True, and ensure that disks are	Specifically, for 4.x remove autorestart=True, and ensure that disks
specified with numbers as the second argument, as the examples above	are specified with numbers as the second argument, as the examples
show, and not NetBSD device names.	above show, and not NetBSD device names.

Hardware known to work	Hardware known to work
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