[Pkg-xen-devel] i386 hypervisor seeing only ~16G RAM, amd64 required?

[Bastian Blank]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:46:43AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> I have several machines using xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-i386 from
> etch-backports

This version is not supported by anyone. Use the version from Lenny.

> I am guessing there is still no way to get the 32bit hypervisor to
> see more than 16G RAM, and I must go to 64bit.

Yes.

> Can I boot a 64bit hypervisor and still keep the same 32bit dom0?
> What're people's experiences running 32bit domUs on
> xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-amd64?

This works if you use the 32bit kernel with a patch from 3.2 or newer on
the dom0.

Bastian

-- 
The heart is not a logical organ.
		-- Dr. Janet Wallace, "The Deadly Years", stardate 3479.4