Xen users - Nov 2007 - Xen and Linux on Intel G33 needs kernel 2.6.19+

Dear,

I''m looking to get Xen running on a system that (afterwards) seems a
bit
too new. The board has the Intel G33 chipset with the Intel ICH9
southbridge. This chipset is NOT supported by kernel 2.6.18 which ships
with Xen 3.1.2 (and Debian Etch).

So the question is:
* What version of Xen to install to get going? Should I choose unstable?
* What distribution will be the easiest to get started? (I got a custom
Debian Etch with 2.6.23 kernel working). The system will be a server, so
I care about stability and reliability.

Does anyone have good advise?

- Joris


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>-----Original Message-----
>From: lord2y@gmail.com [mailto:lord2y@gmail.com] On Behalf Of 
>Alessandro R.
>Sent: Friday, 30 November 2007 0:24
>To: Joris Dobbelsteen
>Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen and Linux on Intel G33 needs 
>kernel 2.6.19+
>
>2007/11/29, Joris Dobbelsteen <Joris@familiedobbelsteen.nl>:
>> Dear,
>>
>> I''m looking to get Xen running on a system that (afterwards)
seems a
>> bit too new. The board has the Intel G33 chipset with the Intel ICH9 
>> southbridge. This chipset is NOT supported by kernel 2.6.18 which 
>> ships with Xen 3.1.2 (and Debian Etch).
>
>Can you post the vendor name and the model  of your hardware?
Custom build hardware.
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
- Gigabyte G33-D3SR mainboard
- Seagate disks on onboard ICH9 southbridge

Thanks.

- Joris


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You could just a distro that forward ports the Xen patches to a newer kernel 
version.

Fedora does this, but may not be stable enough for your requirements.  Ubuntu 
may do this too, but their Xen support isn''t as well developed as some
other
distros.

Have you thought about trying a SuSE derivative?  That might do what you want?

Cheers,
Mark

On Thursday 29 November 2007, Joris Dobbelsteen wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: lord2y@gmail.com [mailto:lord2y@gmail.com] On Behalf Of
> >Alessandro R.
> >Sent: Friday, 30 November 2007 0:24
> >To: Joris Dobbelsteen
> >Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen and Linux on Intel G33 needs
> >kernel 2.6.19+
> >
> >2007/11/29, Joris Dobbelsteen <Joris@familiedobbelsteen.nl>:
> >> Dear,
> >>
> >> I''m looking to get Xen running on a system that
(afterwards) seems a
> >> bit too new. The board has the Intel G33 chipset with the Intel
ICH9
> >> southbridge. This chipset is NOT supported by kernel 2.6.18 which
> >> ships with Xen 3.1.2 (and Debian Etch).
> >
> >Can you post the vendor name and the model  of your hardware?
>
> Custom build hardware.
> - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
> - Gigabyte G33-D3SR mainboard
> - Seagate disks on onboard ICH9 southbridge
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Joris
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: M.A. Williamson [mailto:maw48@hermes.cam.ac.uk] On 
>Behalf Of Mark Williamson
>Sent: Sunday, 2 December 2007 3:55
>To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
>Cc: Joris Dobbelsteen; Alessandro R.
>Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen and Linux on Intel G33 needs 
>kernel 2.6.19+
>
>You could just a distro that forward ports the Xen patches to 
>a newer kernel version.
>
>Fedora does this, but may not be stable enough for your 
>requirements.  Ubuntu may do this too, but their Xen support 
>isn''t as well developed as some other distros.
>
>Have you thought about trying a SuSE derivative?  That might 
>do what you want?
>
>Cheers,
>Mark
To qoute others:
"The problem is choice".

Thanks for your input on the matter.

As of yet I didn''t consider SuSE or derivatives. However, I picked
Gentoo and it worked as I desire, without any problems. So that looked
good, but with significant effort to get it up and running. I think I
will stick to this for the time being, even though Gentoo is not known
for its stability...

- Joris
>On Thursday 29 November 2007, Joris Dobbelsteen wrote:
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: lord2y@gmail.com [mailto:lord2y@gmail.com] On Behalf Of 
>> >Alessandro R.
>> >Sent: Friday, 30 November 2007 0:24
>> >To: Joris Dobbelsteen
>> >Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen and Linux on Intel G33 needs kernel 
>> >2.6.19+
>> >
>> >2007/11/29, Joris Dobbelsteen <Joris@familiedobbelsteen.nl>:
>> >> Dear,
>> >>
>> >> I''m looking to get Xen running on a system that 
>(afterwards) seems 
>> >> a bit too new. The board has the Intel G33 chipset with the
Intel
>> >> ICH9 southbridge. This chipset is NOT supported by kernel
2.6.18
>> >> which ships with Xen 3.1.2 (and Debian Etch).
>> >
>> >Can you post the vendor name and the model  of your hardware?
>>
>> Custom build hardware.
>> - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
>> - Gigabyte G33-D3SR mainboard
>> - Seagate disks on onboard ICH9 southbridge
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> - Joris
>>
>
>--
>Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat?  
>And no pedals!
>Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
>Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
>Mark: My wheel has a wheel!
>

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> To qoute others:
> "The problem is choice".
>
> Thanks for your input on the matter.
>
> As of yet I didn''t consider SuSE or derivatives. However, I picked
> Gentoo and it worked as I desire, without any problems. So that looked
> good, but with significant effort to get it up and running. I think I
> will stick to this for the time being, even though Gentoo is not known
> for its stability...
I''ve got no experience with Gentoo, so can''t comment on its
stability.
However, I''d note that if you''ve moved away from using
server-specific OSes
then Fedora might also fit the bill...

Cheers,
Mark

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