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Xen systems are typically booted with GrUB. The GrUB "kernel" is Xen itself. The kernel image for domain 0 is given to grub as the first "module". An initrd for domain 0, if required, is specified as a further module. A number of options can be passed to Xen on the command line.

/!\ For an up-to-date list see the [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html#s:xboot user manual]. Options available on version 3.0 are (with examples for common options):

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| '''Parameter'''
| Description
|-
|'''ignorebiostables'''
| ACPI and MP tables are ignored (implies noacpi, nosmp)
|-
|'''physdev_dom0_hide=xxx'''
| List of PCI slots to hide from domain 0, Format is '(%02x:%02x.%1x)(%02x:%02x.%1x)' and so on.
|-
|'''noirqbalance'''
| Disable software IRQ balancing and affinity.
|-
|'''apic'''
| Specify NUMA platform...
|-
|'''noht'''
| Disables Hyper-Threading
|}

=== [[XenLinux]] Boot Options : ===
''In addition to the standard <u>Linux kernel</u> boot options, we support:''
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* `xencons=tty' :: Read http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html 's [[XenLinux]] Boot Options

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