I am not sure that I understand the requirements for Xen. I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it? Looks like a really neat program, but I am not grasping how it works. Thanks Chris -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005
Chris Schmidt wrote:> I am not sure that I understand the requirements for Xen. > > I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and > using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could > install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and > the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a > supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?IF you want to use your existing instalation as non-privileged domain, you can, but you''ll have to use Xen-patched kernel instead of your current one. -jkt -- cd /local/pub && more beer > /dev/mouth ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:xen-devel- > admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Chris Schmidt > Sent: 19 January 2005 22:58 > To: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Xen-devel] Xen on any linux > > I am not sure that I understand the requirements for Xen. > > I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO andusing> Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could installXen> on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and theTarantella> Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a supported linux > distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?In principle yes. Depends if your distro allows you to run recent 2.4 kernels, uses grub as boot loader and has a recent enough Python installation. How old is United Linux Just give it a try and drop down the binary install. I shouldn''t damage your installations rolf> > Looks like a really neat program, but I am not grasping how it works. > > > Thanks > > Chris > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005 >------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
Chris Schmidt wrote:> I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and > using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could > install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and > the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a > supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?So long as it has the stuff that''s needed (python, python devel package, python-twisted, iproute2, bridge utils, curl devel package, zlib devel package, etc.), and you can install and boot from a Xen-ified domain 0 kernel, yes. I never used UL, so I don''t know if it has all the things that are required.> Looks like a really neat program, but I am not grasping how it works.It''s not a "program" per se, in that it doesn''t run on top of Linux; Xen itself is a "hypervisor", or a supervisor for supervisors, that lets you partition a machine into several virtual machines and run specially-modified Linux kernels (or NetBSD, or FreeBSD, or Plan9) in each. The programs that run in domain 0 just control the Xen hyperkernel, telling it what to do. -- Derrik Pates demon@devrandom.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Chris Schmidt wrote:> I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and > using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could > install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and > the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a > supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?it should work fine, but you have to have grub. All you''re going to change with a xen install is you''ll add a new kernel to grub called xen, and that kernel will use a module call vmlinuz-2.6.10-dom0. In other words, it won''t really affect your install ron ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
Thanks for all the help. I understand it better now! Chris -----Original Message----- From: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Derrik Pates Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:10 PM To: Chris Schmidt Cc: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen on any linux Chris Schmidt wrote:> I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and > using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could > install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working,and> the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a > supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?So long as it has the stuff that''s needed (python, python devel package, python-twisted, iproute2, bridge utils, curl devel package, zlib devel package, etc.), and you can install and boot from a Xen-ified domain 0 kernel, yes. I never used UL, so I don''t know if it has all the things that are required.> Looks like a really neat program, but I am not grasping how it works.It''s not a "program" per se, in that it doesn''t run on top of Linux; Xen itself is a "hypervisor", or a supervisor for supervisors, that lets you partition a machine into several virtual machines and run specially-modified Linux kernels (or NetBSD, or FreeBSD, or Plan9) in each. The programs that run in domain 0 just control the Xen hyperkernel, telling it what to do. -- Derrik Pates demon@devrandom.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel