Outback Dingo
2011-May-24 19:00 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] K/Ubuntu 11.04 or DEBIAN based ditro and XEN 4.1 - Possible?
Okay, well, in response to this attempt... can we say there doesnt appear to be a debian based desktop distro that will happily run XEN 4.0/4.1 without a tremendous amount of work. The closest Ive come was using Debian Squeeze, which did allow the creation of a domU and the creation of virtual image that did run using a cli debinstall method. However, it seems that moving to kernel 2.6.38 wreaks havoc and prevents kdm/kde 4.6 from running, however kernel 2.6.39 from debian testing and XEN 4.1 did actually start and load the kdm / kde desktop to working order, though it somehow broke xen networking and started tossing networking hotplug issues when trying to start a VM. As for the call to use KVM.. well we tried that and though it was simple enough to get it installed and up and running. kvm guests however are rediculously slow to the point of uselessness, a freebsd 8.2 install as a kvm guest takes upwards of 8 hours to do a simple buildworld/buildkernel... which is unacceptable. Ive run FreeBSD 8.2 fine on XCP in the lab and it responds quite normally. So the question is... how does one fix this for debian based distros ??? Theres has to be someone out there with the "key" or knowledge to achieve this. So please step forward if there is light at the end of the tunnel. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Joseph Glanville
2011-May-25 01:59 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] K/Ubuntu 11.04 or DEBIAN based ditro and XEN 4.1 - Possible?
Hi, Do you have a reason to move to 2.6.38? What functionality are you seeking? Debian Squeeze + Xen 4.0.1 + 2.6.32 stock is very stable and fast. If you can describe what you are trying to achieve I might be able to assist you in more detail. Joseph. On 25 May 2011 05:00, Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> wrote:> Okay, well, in response to this attempt... can we say there doesnt appear to > be > a debian based desktop distro that will happily run XEN 4.0/4.1 without a > tremendous > amount of work. The closest Ive come was using Debian Squeeze, which did > allow > the creation of a domU and the creation of virtual image that did run using > a cli debinstall > method. However, it seems that moving to kernel 2.6.38 wreaks havoc and > prevents > kdm/kde 4.6 from running, however kernel 2.6.39 from debian testing and XEN > 4.1 did > actually start and load the kdm / kde desktop to working order, though it > somehow broke > xen networking and started tossing networking hotplug issues when trying to > start a VM. > As for the call to use KVM.. well we tried that and though it was simple > enough to get it > installed and up and running. kvm guests however are rediculously slow to > the point of > uselessness, a freebsd 8.2 install as a kvm guest takes upwards of 8 hours > to do a simple > buildworld/buildkernel... which is unacceptable. Ive run FreeBSD 8.2 fine on > XCP in the lab > and it responds quite normally. So the question is... how does one fix this > for debian based > distros ??? Theres has to be someone out there with the "key" or knowledge > to achieve this. > So please step forward if there is light at the end of the tunnel. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- Kind regards, Joseph. Founder | Director Orion Virtualisation Solutions | www.orionvm.com.au | Phone: 1300 56 99 52 | Mobile: 0428 754 846 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Outback Dingo
2011-May-25 02:16 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] K/Ubuntu 11.04 or DEBIAN based ditro and XEN 4.1 - Possible?
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Joseph Glanville < joseph.glanville@orionvm.com.au> wrote:> Hi, > > Do you have a reason to move to 2.6.38? What functionality are you seeking? > Debian Squeeze + Xen 4.0.1 + 2.6.32 stock is very stable and fast. > > If you can describe what you are trying to achieve I might be able to > assist you in more detail. >simple enough is Debian/Kubuntu, XEN 4.1 and KDE 4.6 on a laptop so i can load guests while on the road and continue developing, Id like to be on a later kernel, i figure if i can get 2.6.38/39 and a running config ill not need any upgrades/updates.> Joseph. > > > On 25 May 2011 05:00, Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> wrote: > > Okay, well, in response to this attempt... can we say there doesnt appear > to > > be > > a debian based desktop distro that will happily run XEN 4.0/4.1 without a > > tremendous > > amount of work. The closest Ive come was using Debian Squeeze, which did > > allow > > the creation of a domU and the creation of virtual image that did run > using > > a cli debinstall > > method. However, it seems that moving to kernel 2.6.38 wreaks havoc and > > prevents > > kdm/kde 4.6 from running, however kernel 2.6.39 from debian testing and > XEN > > 4.1 did > > actually start and load the kdm / kde desktop to working order, though it > > somehow broke > > xen networking and started tossing networking hotplug issues when trying > to > > start a VM. > > As for the call to use KVM.. well we tried that and though it was simple > > enough to get it > > installed and up and running. kvm guests however are rediculously slow to > > the point of > > uselessness, a freebsd 8.2 install as a kvm guest takes upwards of 8 > hours > > to do a simple > > buildworld/buildkernel... which is unacceptable. Ive run FreeBSD 8.2 fine > on > > XCP in the lab > > and it responds quite normally. So the question is... how does one fix > this > > for debian based > > distros ??? Theres has to be someone out there with the "key" or > knowledge > > to achieve this. > > So please step forward if there is light at the end of the tunnel. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > > -- > Kind regards, > Joseph. > Founder | Director > Orion Virtualisation Solutions | www.orionvm.com.au | Phone: 1300 56 > 99 52 | Mobile: 0428 754 846 >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users