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Index: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
@@ -1444,6 +1444,12 @@
and Input/Output Memory Management Unit (<link
xlink:href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOMMU-supporting_hardware">IOMMU</link>)
support in the host processor.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>In order to run a FreeBSD &xen; Dom0 the box must be
+ booted using legacy boot (BIOS).</para>
+ </note>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="virtualization-host-xen-dom0-setup">
@@ -1464,7 +1470,7 @@
Otherwise, DomU VMs with higher memory requirements will not
run.</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysrc -f /etc/sysctl.conf vm.max_wired=-1</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo 'vm.max_wired=-1' >> /etc/sysctl.conf</userinput></screen>
<para>Another memory-related setting involves changing
<filename>/etc/login.conf</filename>, setting the
@@ -1516,12 +1522,6 @@
experiencing issues.</para>
</tip>
- <para>&xen; provides a boot menu to activate and de-activate
- the hypervisor on demand in
- <filename>/boot/menu.rc.local</filename>:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo "try-include /boot/xen.4th" >> /boot/menu.rc.local</userinput></screen>
-
<para>Activate the xencommons service during system
startup:</para>
@@ -1532,12 +1532,12 @@
DomU machines. To fix that, define a bridged interface with
the main NIC of the system which the DomU VMs can use to
connect to the network. Replace
- <replaceable>igb0</replaceable> with the host network
+ <replaceable>em0</replaceable> with the host network
interface name.</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysrc autobridge_interfaces=bridge0</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>sysrc autobridge_bridge0=<replaceable>igb0</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>sysrc ifconfig_bridge0=SYNCDHCP</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysrc cloned_interfaces="bridge0"</userinput>
+ &prompt.root; <userinput>sysrc ifconfig_bridge0="addm <replaceable>em0</replaceable> SYNCDHCP"</userinput>
+ &prompt.root; <userinput>sysrc ifconfig_<replaceable>em0</replaceable>="up"</userinput></screen>
<para>Restart the host to load the &xen; kernel and start the
Dom0.</para>

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