--- wikisrc/ports/xen/howto.mdwn 2015/03/04 01:32:16 1.91 +++ wikisrc/ports/xen/howto.mdwn 2015/03/04 01:36:07 1.92 @@ -809,6 +809,14 @@ It is also desirable to add in rc.conf. This way, the domain will be properly shut down if `xm shutdown -R` or `xm shutdown -H` is used on the dom0. +It is not strictly necessary to have a kernel (as /netbsd) in the domU +filesystem. However, various programs (e.g. netstat) will use that +kernel to look up symbols to read from kernel virtual memory. If +/netbsd is not the running kernel, those lookups will fail. (This is +not really a Xen-specific issue, but because the domU kernel is +obtained from the dom0, it is far more likely to be out of sync or +missing with Xen.) + Your domain should be now ready to work, enjoy. Creating an unprivileged Linux domain (domU)