From 9a33af6aa31a015b49dfc5b940792465fd6a4a4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Snowy Marmot Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:25:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify required kernel files Clarify required kernel files per https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5516 --- user/advanced-configuration/managing-vm-kernel.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/user/advanced-configuration/managing-vm-kernel.md b/user/advanced-configuration/managing-vm-kernel.md index 2df4598d..e7a4a4a3 100644 --- a/user/advanced-configuration/managing-vm-kernel.md +++ b/user/advanced-configuration/managing-vm-kernel.md @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Kernel for a VM is stored in `/var/lib/qubes/vm-kernels/KERNEL_VERSION` director - `modules.img` - ext4 filesystem image containing Linux kernel modules (to be mounted at `/lib/modules`); additionally it should contain a copy of `vmlinuz` and `initramfs` in its root directory (for loading by qemu inside stubdomain) - `default-kernelopts-common.txt` - default kernel options, in addition to those specified with `kernelopts` qube property (can be disabled with `no-default-kernelopts` feature) -All the files besides `vmlinuz` are optional. +All the files besides `vmlinuz` are optional in Qubes R4.1 or newer. In Qubes R4.0, `vmlinuz` and `initramfs` are both required to be present. Using kernel installed in the VM --------------------------------