RE: [Xen-users] Most stable Xen distro?

[Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Tait Clarridge wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Check out the CentOS 5.1 distro. It's been a dream for me.
>
> I've tried a few so far -
>
> Fedora 8 & Xen Source 3.1/3.2 -> Major tweaks needed on my system
> CentOS 5/5.1 -> No Problems at all
> Ubuntu -> HVM Guests were laggy and using up way to much I/O
>
>
> Give CentOS a shot. :)
Be aware that if you want to do 64bit dom0 and 32-bit paravirtualized
domU it is not going to work on Centos (and friends).  I've heard
this will be fixed in the next update.

Steve



> -Tait Clarridge
>
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> Breshears
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> Subject: [Xen-users] Most stable Xen distro?
>
> Is there a consensus on which distro is the best for running a Xen dom0?
> I have tried Debian Etch (Xen 3.0.3/2.4.18 kernel) but it was having
> problems with the domU's thinking the (virtual) hard drive was bad.
> I upgraded to Xen 3.2 hypervisor and tools (Using Etch Backports) and
> that helped quite a bit (errors are not fatal but still there) but this
> left the kernel untouched and I assumed that it would be best to get a
> kernel compiled with the same version of hypervisor you are using.
>
> I then tried Ubuntu Gutsy (Xen 3.1/2.6.22 kernel) but the domU guests
> hang while booting.
>
> I would prefer a Debian Etch dom0 but will go with whatever works best.
>
> So to clarify.. Is there a Xen distro package / Kernel package
> combination that works best?
> I would consider compiling from scratch but I am not sure that would do
> any better.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks.
>
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