I didn't realize that is what XCP was. Even so, it is presumably
still not the same as the version Tom is running, since XCP presumably
doesn't have a Debian dom0, right?
Dustin
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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pasi Kärkkäinen
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 09:43
To: Dustin Henning
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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Vyatta ISO in DomU
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 08:21:54AM -0500, Dustin Henning wrote:
> XenServer is not open source Xen, so there won't be direct steps.
>
Actually XenServer was opensourced last week as XCP (Xen Cloud
Platform).
-- Pasi
> First you need to determine whether the ISO has an installer or some sort
of
> XenServer vm image. If it is an installer, then as Fajar suggested, you
can
> install it to HVM. You may then be able to convert it to PV. If it is a
vm
> image, you will have to figure out what kind of image it is and try to
pull
> the data off of it and onto whatever type of image(s) or block device(s)
you
> want to use. You will then have to try to fire it up and hope for the
best.
> Even in this scenario, HVM might be a better way to start, converting to
PV.
> That is, assuming it has its own kernel. It's really going to be trial
and
> error, so it might even be easier to just install Vyatta on an existing PV
> domU and forget about the ISO image. Good luck with whatever you decide
to
> do,
> Dustin
>
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> Subject: [Xen-users] Vyatta ISO in DomU
>
> A friend of mine recommended checking out the Vyatta project. I was
> reviewing their website and saw endorsements of their product running on
> both Vmware and Xen. In fact, they have a Vmware virtual image and a beta
> XenServer image.
>
> However, I am running a typical Debian Lenny 64 DomU installed through the
> repositories. According to their installation documents, it states that
> the ISO can be installed into a DomU as well. However, they don't provide
> any instructions on how to do this.
>
> Is someone in the Xen community willing to walk me through the steps to
> install an ISO image onto a DomU? I have been running Xen for sometime
> including some more advanced topics like PCI pass through for PCI devices.
> But I haven't done an ISO install before.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
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