Hi, I am trying to install Xen on RHEL4 but most of the instructions I found via google are fedora specific. So I was wondering if 1) is it possible to use xen with RHEL4 2) if there are any installations instructions for the same. thanks, Shavian. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi Try looking for instructions on CentOS which is a clone of RHEL. Several users have deployed CentOS guests without much problems. I''ve built RPMs for CentOS and works for me in my setup. I don''t see why it won''t work on RHEL. On 9/21/05, Shavian Shakes <shavian78@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > I am trying to install Xen on RHEL4 but most of the instructions I found > via google are fedora specific. So I was wondering if > 1) is it possible to use xen with RHEL4 > 2) if there are any installations instructions for the same. > thanks, > Shavian. > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Actually, I was asking about using RHEL4 in dom0. If I understand correctly, a linux kernel has to be patched and rebuilt with the xen sources. This kernel is run in dom0. The Xen user''s manual http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html seems to suggest that the patch will apply to vanilla kernels. I was wondering if there is a patch for RHEL4, or some rpms which will achieve the same. thanks, Neeraj. On 9/22/05, Gino LV. Ledesma <gledesma@gmail.com> wrote:> > Hi > > Try looking for instructions on CentOS which is a clone of RHEL. > Several users have deployed CentOS guests without much problems. > > I''ve built RPMs for CentOS and works for me in my setup. I don''t see > why it won''t work on RHEL. > > On 9/21/05, Shavian Shakes <shavian78@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to install Xen on RHEL4 but most of the instructions I found > > via google are fedora specific. So I was wondering if > > 1) is it possible to use xen with RHEL4 > > 2) if there are any installations instructions for the same. > > thanks, > > Shavian. > > > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Yes, CentOS 4 (or RHEL4) works as both domain master (dom0) and guest (domU). Using the xen-supplied kernels should work, though in my case I rebuilt the kernel to include drivers for certain devices we use. You''ll need to download the xen source to "xenify" your kernel, though RedHat has this way of backporting patches to udpate the kernel. If you don''t need to run the official RH-supplied kernel, building your own should be much easier. - gino On 9/23/05, Shavian Shakes <shavian78@gmail.com> wrote:> Actually, I was asking about using RHEL4 in dom0. If I understand correctly, > a linux kernel has to be patched and rebuilt with the xen sources. This > kernel is run in dom0. The Xen user''s manual > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html > seems to suggest that the patch will apply to vanilla kernels. I was > wondering if there is a patch for RHEL4, or some rpms which will achieve the > same. > > thanks, > Neeraj. > > > > On 9/22/05, Gino LV. Ledesma <gledesma@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Try looking for instructions on CentOS which is a clone of RHEL. > > Several users have deployed CentOS guests without much problems. > > > > I''ve built RPMs for CentOS and works for me in my setup. I don''t see > > why it won''t work on RHEL. > > > > On 9/21/05, Shavian Shakes <shavian78@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I am trying to install Xen on RHEL4 but most of the instructions I > found > > > via google are fedora specific. So I was wondering if > > > 1) is it possible to use xen with RHEL4 > > > 2) if there are any installations instructions for the same. > > > thanks, > > > Shavian. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
pierre.gentile@mpsa.com
2005-Sep-27 07:45 UTC
Réf. : Re: [Xen-users] Re: Installing Xen on Redhat RHEL4
Hello, Are you sure, I dowloaded the last unstable sources and the provided Makefile do not allow me to patch the CentOS 4 kernel to make it a DOM0 kernel Does it exist a procedure to do that ? What I want is to have a kernel-2.6.9-11.EL-xen0 kernel Regards Pierre //// (o o) =============oOO==(_)==OOo=========== "Gino LV. Ledesma" <gledesma@gmail. Pour com> xen-users@lists.xensource.com Envoyé par : cc xen-users-bounce s@lists.xensourc Objet e.com Re: [Xen-users] Re: Installing Xen on Redhat RHEL4 23/09/2005 20:05 Veuillez répondre à "Gino LV. Ledesma" <gledesma@gmail. com> Yes, CentOS 4 (or RHEL4) works as both domain master (dom0) and guest (domU). Using the xen-supplied kernels should work, though in my case I rebuilt the kernel to include drivers for certain devices we use. You''ll need to download the xen source to "xenify" your kernel, though RedHat has this way of backporting patches to udpate the kernel. If you don''t need to run the official RH-supplied kernel, building your own should be much easier. - gino On 9/23/05, Shavian Shakes <shavian78@gmail.com> wrote:> Actually, I was asking about using RHEL4 in dom0. If I understandcorrectly,> a linux kernel has to be patched and rebuilt with the xen sources. This > kernel is run in dom0. The Xen user''s manual > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html > seems to suggest that the patch will apply to vanilla kernels. I was > wondering if there is a patch for RHEL4, or some rpms which will achievethe> same. > > thanks, > Neeraj. > > > > On 9/22/05, Gino LV. Ledesma <gledesma@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Try looking for instructions on CentOS which is a clone of RHEL. > > Several users have deployed CentOS guests without much problems. > > > > I''ve built RPMs for CentOS and works for me in my setup. I don''t see > > why it won''t work on RHEL. > > > > On 9/21/05, Shavian Shakes <shavian78@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I am trying to install Xen on RHEL4 but most of the instructions I > found > > > via google are fedora specific. So I was wondering if > > > 1) is it possible to use xen with RHEL4 > > > 2) if there are any installations instructions for the same. > > > thanks, > > > Shavian. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 09:45, pierre.gentile@mpsa.com wrote:> Hello, > > Are you sure, I dowloaded the last unstable sources and the provided > Makefile do not allow me to patch the CentOS 4 kernel to make it a DOM0 > kernel > > Does it exist a procedure to do that ? > > What I want is to have a kernel-2.6.9-11.EL-xen0 kernel >Well, the normal procedure would be: - unpack your (centos patched) kernel sources (install the kernel source rpm) - copy the xen kernel sparse tree into the source directory - apply the xen patches - make ARCH=xen menuconfig - make ARCH=xen if applying the patches fails, you''ll have to patch it by hand, or use a kernel source "compatible" with xen. /Ernst _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
pierre.gentile@mpsa.com
2005-Sep-27 09:09 UTC
Réf. : Re: [Xen-users] Installing Xen on Redhat RHEL4
Than you, I already dit that :-( The hard part is applying the patches ! Has anybody modified the xen-unstable provided patches for applying them on a CentOS 4 kernel ? Regards Pierre //// (o o) =============oOO==(_)==OOo=========== Ernst Bachmann <e.bachmann@xebe c.de> Pour Envoyé par : xen-users@lists.xensource.com xen-users-bounce cc s@lists.xensourc e.com Objet Re: [Xen-users] Installing Xen on Redhat RHEL4 27/09/2005 10:07 On Tuesday 27 September 2005 09:45, pierre.gentile@mpsa.com wrote:> Hello, > > Are you sure, I dowloaded the last unstable sources and the provided > Makefile do not allow me to patch the CentOS 4 kernel to make it a DOM0 > kernel > > Does it exist a procedure to do that ? > > What I want is to have a kernel-2.6.9-11.EL-xen0 kernel >Well, the normal procedure would be: - unpack your (centos patched) kernel sources (install the kernel source rpm) - copy the xen kernel sparse tree into the source directory - apply the xen patches - make ARCH=xen menuconfig - make ARCH=xen if applying the patches fails, you''ll have to patch it by hand, or use a kernel source "compatible" with xen. /Ernst _______________________________________________ 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
Ernst Bachmann
2005-Sep-27 09:58 UTC
Re: Réf. : Re: [Xen-users] Installing Xen on Redhat RHEL4
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 11:09, pierre.gentile@mpsa.com wrote:> Than you, I already dit that :-( > > The hard part is applying the patches ! > > Has anybody modified the xen-unstable provided patches for applying them on > a CentOS 4 kernel ? >I don''t think anyone went through the pain doing this, after all, you can simply take a vanilla kernel, patch it, and happily run your linux distro under xen with it... Maybe you could work the other way round: take a vanilla xen kernel, then look through the patches centos applies to "their" kernel source, select the patches you actually need, and try to apply those to your xen tree. /Ernst _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Gino LV. Ledesma
2005-Sep-27 18:52 UTC
Re: Réf. : Re: [Xen-users] Installing Xen on Redhat RHEL4
I''m not sure why Pierre need''s the distribution-supplied kernels themselves. The vanilla kernel works just fine. :-) Download xen source unpack make world Or SRPMS at http://lnk.nu/homepage.mac.com/450.1 (for CentOS 4.x) - gino :-) On 9/27/05, Ernst Bachmann <e.bachmann@xebec.de> wrote:> On Tuesday 27 September 2005 11:09, pierre.gentile@mpsa.com wrote: > > Than you, I already dit that :-( > > > > The hard part is applying the patches ! > > > > Has anybody modified the xen-unstable provided patches for applying them on > > a CentOS 4 kernel ? > > > I don''t think anyone went through the pain doing this, after all, you can > simply take a vanilla kernel, patch it, and happily run your linux distro > under xen with it... > > Maybe you could work the other way round: take a vanilla xen kernel, then look > through the patches centos applies to "their" kernel source, select the > patches you actually need, and try to apply those to your xen tree. > > > /Ernst > > _______________________________________________ > 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
pierre.gentile@mpsa.com
2005-Sep-29 07:22 UTC
Réf. : Re: Réf. : Re: [Xen-users] Installing Xen on Redhat RHEL4
Thank you Gino, We are using CentOS on production machine and want to have a RHEL4 based xen DOM0 kernel to benefit of all patches provided by Red Hat and to ease the future RHEL5 migration BTW the URL provided is invalid :-( Regards //// (o o) =============oOO==(_)==OOo=========== Pôle d''expertise Linux "Gino LV. Ledesma" <gledesma@gmail. Pour com> xen-users@lists.xensource.com Envoyé par : cc xen-users-bounce s@lists.xensourc Objet e.com Re: Réf. : Re: [Xen-users] Installing Xen on Redhat RHEL4 27/09/2005 20:52 Veuillez répondre à "Gino LV. Ledesma" <gledesma@gmail. com> I''m not sure why Pierre need''s the distribution-supplied kernels themselves. The vanilla kernel works just fine. :-) Download xen source unpack make world Or SRPMS at http://lnk.nu/homepage.mac.com/450.1 (for CentOS 4.x) - gino :-) On 9/27/05, Ernst Bachmann <e.bachmann@xebec.de> wrote:> On Tuesday 27 September 2005 11:09, pierre.gentile@mpsa.com wrote: > > Than you, I already dit that :-( > > > > The hard part is applying the patches ! > > > > Has anybody modified the xen-unstable provided patches for applyingthem on> > a CentOS 4 kernel ? > > > I don''t think anyone went through the pain doing this, after all, you can > simply take a vanilla kernel, patch it, and happily run your linux distro > under xen with it... > > Maybe you could work the other way round: take a vanilla xen kernel, thenlook> through the patches centos applies to "their" kernel source, select the > patches you actually need, and try to apply those to your xen tree. > > > /Ernst > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users