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Re: [Xen-users] xen Domain0 Linux distribution

To: Rich3800 <Rich3800@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] xen Domain0 Linux distribution
From: Ted Kaczmarek <tedkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:38:00 -0400
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On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 20:16 +0000, Rich3800 wrote:
> I have been trying unsuccessfully to set up Xen on Linux for a while
> now.  I would like to know which distribution and distribution version
> would be the most likely to run Xen with the minimum of fuss.
> 
> 

FC4 has rpms that sorta work, you can get your feet wet easily like that
to get you started, otherwise I would scour the archives and look for
the ditro you prefer. You can obtain images to test with at
jailtime.org, I am using the debian and gentoo images with excellent
results, I spun my own FC4 from the quickstart guide and used that and
some info from the Centos wiki to build Centos 4.1.

If you have ever spun a kernel than the hg stuff is the way I would
recommend for testing, for stability stick with 2.X.

I started by using the 2.0.7 install on Centos 4.1 and evolved from
their, still using that but smp guests it what makes this baby fly for
me so I run hg on and SMP machine I have.

You can also try asking in ##xen @ freenode for info on the distro you
are using as well.

Good Luck,
Ted


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