Hi , I have a real simple question. Does the free xen do a bare metal install or does it go on top of and OS? Thanks, Bill _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 20 Jul 2006, at 22:26, William M. Fennell wrote:> Hi , > I have a real simple question. Does the free xen do a bare metal > install or does it go on top of > and OS?Someone will correct me if I am wrong :D The free xen is made up of 2 components, the hypervisor which is what the BIOS boots, and a customised Linux kernel that boots dom0 So it kindof goes _under_ an OS, but also as part of the OS. The easiest way to use it is with a Linux distro that already supports Xen as dom0. -- Wayne Pascoe (gpg --keyserver www.co.uk.pgp.net --recv-keys 79A7C870) I haven''t lost my mind... It''s backed up on tape somewhere. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thu July 20 2006 16:26, William M. Fennell wrote:> Hi , > I have a real simple question. Does the free xen do a bare metal > install or does it go on top of > and OS?On top. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of > Jerry Amundson > Sent: 21 July 2006 17:32 > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Quick xen question > > On Thu July 20 2006 16:26, William M. Fennell wrote: > > Hi , > > I have a real simple question. Does the free xen do a bare metal > > install or does it go on top of > > and OS? > > On top.To clarify: Xen "lives" underneath the OS, but since Xen itself knows nothing about the hardware (it contains THREE device drivers: Keyboard, Console and Serial port - everything else is handled by Dom0), you have to install another OS first, then insert Xen into the OS. As Wayne answered earlier, it''s perfectly possible to install both Xen and Linux at the same time from distro''s that come with Xen support. -- Mats> > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users