Re: stable / unstable parallel install?

[aq <aquynh@gmail.com>]

On 5/31/05, Gerd Knorr <kraxel@suse.de> wrote:
> > Gerd, would be great if you could write a small HOWTO about how to do
> > "parallel install" and put it into docs/. that would be certainly
> > helpful for some people ;-)
> 
> Still fiddeling to make it work.  I've deinstalled the rpm with
> the 2.x stuff in /usr, I have both 2.x and 3.x in non-default
> locations now, so the 3.x versions can't attempt to use some 2.x
> stuff below /usr.  Didn't manage to boot domU so far (neither
> 2.x nor 3.x).
> 
> How compatible is the config stuff in /etc/xen?  Can that be
> shared between xen2 and xen3?  Or should I better prepare to
> switch that one as well?

yes, looks like -testing's /etc/xen and -unstable's /etc/xen are
compatible, and i think xen2 could use xen3's configuration, but not
sure about vice versa. at least xen3 has bochsrc, which is not
existent in xen2.

so i guess it is safer to use xen3's /etc/xen all the time to support
"parallel install".

regards,
aq