From f1816bd031a1dd3e7927d88b3345b4fbb139ea11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "sd386@font.cl.cam.ac.uk" Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:20:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] bitkeeper revision 1.1159.1.281 (417e4f36s1zQoicpJ94kRP2nESPXyg) updated doc --- docs/user.tex | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/user.tex b/docs/user.tex index acd47ab8a4..e264a393dc 100644 --- a/docs/user.tex +++ b/docs/user.tex @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ starting domains and functions for managing running domains. Full details of the {\tt xm} tool are found in Chapter~\ref{cha:xm}. -This example explains how to use the \path{xmdefaults} file. If you +This example explains how to use the \path{xmdefconfig} file. If you require a more complex setup, you will want to write a custom configuration file --- details of the configuration file formats are included in Chapter~\ref{cha:config}. @@ -549,9 +549,10 @@ to be reused for multiple virtual machines. Setting the value of the {\tt vmid} variable on the {\tt xm} command line fills in parts of this template. +Both of them can be found in \path{/etc/xen/} \subsection{Editing \path{xmdefconfig}} -At minimum, you should edit the following variables in \path{xmdefconfig}: +At minimum, you should edit the following variables in \path{/etc/xen/xmdefconfig}: \begin{description} \item[kernel] Set this to the path of the kernel you compiled for use @@ -574,6 +575,8 @@ example: \\ \verb_vif = ['mac=00:06:AA:F6:BB:B3']_\\ If you do not set this variable, Xend will automatically generate a random MAC address from an unused range. +If you don't have a \path{xmdefconfig} file, simply create your own +by copying one of the \path{/etc/xen/xmexample} files. \subsection{Starting the domain} The {\tt xm} tool provides a variety of commands for managing domains. @@ -901,6 +904,12 @@ The available commands are as follows: \item[call] Call a Xend HTTP API function directly. \end{description} +For a detailed overview of switches, arguments and variables to each command +try +\begin{verbatim} +# xm help command +\end{verbatim} + \chapter{Glossary} \begin{description} -- 2.39.5