Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
This morning I was beginning my journey in the fabulous world of Xen, among other things to enjoy 9xeninst.gz. Then I found that Plan9 is built without PAE.
Easy peasy, I will install xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386 instead of xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae, right?
Wrong, it’s not that easy.
It seems that linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686 is built with PAE support by default and no, there’s no linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686 vs linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686-pae like is the case with the hypervisor. And yes, to me it seems an egregious decision having a PAE-free hypervisor with a PAE-enbled kernel but… who knows?
Maybe in another reality where you are paid a penny for each automatic restart it makes sense.
There’s only one turnaround: to build your Kernel from scratch. And you have a fabulous guide to do so.
Finally. Easy peasy.