Detecting xen

[Joel Andres Granados]

Gerrard Geldenhuis wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have the following in a pre-script to detect whether I am building a
> xen machine:
> 
> set $(list-harddrives)
> 
> vx=$(echo $2|cut -d. -f 1 )
> 
> if [ $vx -lt 5120 ]; then
> 
>         echo 'xen' > /tmp/xen
> 
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> etc...

just check for the /proc/xen/capabilities file.

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> This makes assumptions based on disk size. 
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> This is a fairly safe assumption for us because we control the disk size
> but I was wondering if anybody could suggest a more sure fire robust way
> of detecting whether one is building xen or "normal". For normal builds
> I am using dmidecode which is working very well and I can even use it
> for VMWare builds.
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> My aim is to have one kickstart per service type that adjust itself
> according to underlying platform which could be IBM, HP, VMWare or Xen.
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> Regards
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Joel Andres Granados
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