Fw: Re: [Xen-users] What packages ubuntu-xen-server & ubuntu-xen-desktop are up to on intrepid

[Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have installed Ubuntu Intrepid Server on bare metal and successfully ran:-

# apt-get install ubuntu-xen-server.

    It installed several packages on system . Now i can see files
/boot/xen-3.3.gz, /etc/init.d/xend, /etc/init.d/xendomains, but no
xenified kernel gets in. Attempt  to use vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-server, obviously , fails with system panic.
   I do remember recompiling  procedure for Xen 3.2.1 hypervisor on CentOS 5.2 . New xen.gz kept working with old CentOS 5.2 xenified kernel:-

http://grantmcwilliams.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=204:recompile-xen-321-for-centos-5&catid=97:xen-howtos&Itemid=379

It was based on :-
rpm -i http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.2.0/centos-5.1/xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.src.rpm

   Actually , review by Grant MacWilliams :-

http://grantmcwilliams.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=229:install-xen-33-x8664-on-centos-5-the-easy-way&catid=97:xen-howtos&Itemid=379

also put in work xen-3.3.gz with old xenified kernel from RH repositories.
This port i have been using many times with minor vncviewer's issues.

I wonder would it be able to backport this package from Intrepid to Hardy ?

--- On Sun, 11/2/08, Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] What packages ubuntu-xen-server & ubuntu-xen-desktop are up to on intrepid
To: deshantm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 2:28 AM

   Sorry, for stupid question. Are you saying that install ubuntu-xen-server on Itrepid Server will bring to system xen-3.3.gz ,vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen,initrd-2.6.18.8-xen.img ?
   In other words, would it work like cloning via "hg" Xen 3.3 repository to local host and making xen build with 2.6.18 kernel ?
Actually, allows to avoid painful procedure of apt-getting packages required for
successful build:-  gcc,build-essentials,zlib,libncurses, . . .
Through my comprehension Xen Hypervisor requires xenified kernel, ramdisk,
and daemon xend to run on the system.

Otherwise, i don't understand what exactly mean words :-
"Intrepid apparently does have Xen 3.3 hypervisor support"

Thank you.
Boris

--- On Sun, 11/2/08, Todd Deshane <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Todd Deshane <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] What packages ubuntu-xen-server & ubuntu-xen-desktop are up to on intrepid
To: bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 12:41 AM

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I've recently installed Ubuntu Intrepid Server PV DomU at Xen 3.3
CentOS 5.2
> Dom0. Details here (if needed) :-
> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/111103/index.html
>
 Running Synaptic Manager at DomU i've noticed packages mentioned above
as
> available
> for install . I don't intend install ubuntu-xen-server on DomU , but
Ubuntu
> Intrepid Server running on bare metal will potentially allow (?)  to
install
> ubuntu-xen-server
> ( with all
 dependent packages).
> Per recent message from Todd Deshane,  i've learned , that there is no
> option to install
> Xen 3.3 on Ubuntu Intrepid Server to create  Dom0, unless to make a port
on
> your own :) Apparently  a couple of months is not enough for forward
porting
> Xen 3.3 to intrepid kernel, but i am still confused about packages in
> Synaptic. What they are supposed to serve ?
>

Just to clarify, Intrepid apparently does have Xen 3.3 hypervisor support.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/ubuntu-xen-server

The dom0 kernel, just like with Fedora 9,10, is missing from
 Intrepid as
both Fedora and Ubuntu decided to wait for upstream linux xen support [1,2]
in order for them to again include a dom0 kernel. A pv_ops-based dom0
kernel should soon be supported by the xen developers and be put into
mainline Linux

[1] http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps
[2]
 http://xenbits.xensource.com/paravirt_ops/patches.hg

Cheers,
Todd

-- 
Todd Deshane
http://todddeshane.net
http://runningxen.com

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