Re: [Xen-devel] debian packages of xen

[Manfred.Herrmann@xxxxxxxxxx]

> > Cool.
> >
> > I don't suppose there's a live ISO variant of debian?
> 
> Unforunately, no.
> 
A famous debian-based ISO/liveCD:

  http://www.distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=knoppix

KNOPPIX home:
  http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
KNOPPIX contrib site:
  http://www.knoppix.net/
KNOPPIX Remastering:
  http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/KnoppixRemasteringHowto

For promotion and testing of XEN, possibly the best
solution.

  Manni

> > People seem to be quite keen to install
directly from the
> > XenDemoCD, which isn't recommended as I had to do some pretty
> > evil things (including leaving out the RPM database) to get it
to
> > fit on the CD and run out of a ram disk. It would be nice to
move
> > to something more standard for the next XenDemoCD release.
> 
> Well, if my debs make it easier to get a regular debian machine running
xen,
> then I think it's a win.
> 
> I was able to convert my desktop to xen during the 1.0 days, with
relative
> ease.
>