I have been trying unsuccessfully to set up Xen on Linux for a while now. I would like to know which distribution would be the most likely to run Xen with the minimum of fuss. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I have been trying unsuccessfully to set up Xen on Linux for a while now. I would like to know which distribution and distribution version would be the most likely to run Xen with the minimum of fuss. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 20:16 +0000, Rich3800 wrote:> I have been trying unsuccessfully to set up Xen on Linux for a while > now. I would like to know which distribution and distribution version > would be the most likely to run Xen with the minimum of fuss. > >FC4 has rpms that sorta work, you can get your feet wet easily like that to get you started, otherwise I would scour the archives and look for the ditro you prefer. You can obtain images to test with at jailtime.org, I am using the debian and gentoo images with excellent results, I spun my own FC4 from the quickstart guide and used that and some info from the Centos wiki to build Centos 4.1. If you have ever spun a kernel than the hg stuff is the way I would recommend for testing, for stability stick with 2.X. I started by using the 2.0.7 install on Centos 4.1 and evolved from their, still using that but smp guests it what makes this baby fly for me so I run hg on and SMP machine I have. You can also try asking in ##xen @ freenode for info on the distro you are using as well. Good Luck, Ted _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I''ve found Gentoo''s support to be quite good, but then I''m used to Gentoo. You don''t have to worry about packages not working because of TLS problems, etc. that seem to plague some other distros, and it has very good init scripts for Xen. On the other hand, you can''t mind compiling everything, and Gentoo doesn''t hide things behind pretty menus. You might also try Debian... seems like that works reasonably well (although I believe there may have been some TLS issues). (Disclaimer: I''m one of those annoying Gentoo users who thinks it''s The One True Distro, blah blah blah, etc.) -Daniel Nelson On 10/3/05, Rich3800 <Rich3800@aol.com> wrote:> I have been trying unsuccessfully to set up Xen on Linux for a while > now. I would like to know which distribution would be the most likely > to run Xen with the minimum of fuss. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- "If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers." --Doug Larson _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I found SuSE 9.3 Pro to be excellent - the installer even has a "Xen" option that sets it all up for you - just select "Xen" from the grub menu when you reboot. The only thing you should do is reset in dom0 memory usage in /boot/grub/menu.1st; by default it consumes almost everything, leaving no room for any guest domains - I can''t understand why some people prefer to use the balloon driver... Kent Rich3800 wrote:>I have been trying unsuccessfully to set up Xen on Linux for a while >now. I would like to know which distribution and distribution version >would be the most likely to run Xen with the minimum of fuss. > > >_______________________________________________ >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