On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Robbie A. Garrett <RGarrett@hostourweb.com> wrote:> Hey all, > > i need a place to download pre build xen images. > > can anyone supply a URL? > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >http://tinyurl.com/y8d6kvh Grant McWilliams Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I''ll use Windows." Now they have two problems. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Robbie A. Garrett <RGarrett@hostourweb.com> wrote:> i was looking for more then a link that does a google search for me. > > there has be more then jailtime <http://jailtime.org/> (which is now > stacklet.com) > >The google search got you all of the xen image sites. That''s why I gave it to you. As much as I''d like to say there''s more out there than that there isn''t much. I keep a list of VMimage sites for various VM technologies on my site - http://www.grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/virtual-os-images and you''ll notice that stacklet is the only one there for Xen. I look for images for other hypervisors but rarely for xen and always install from scratch. Not sure why this is, maybe because xen is more of a server virtualization product and I want it my way whereas the others I just us to test out Distributions. Grant McWilliams _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Robbie A. Garrett <RGarrett@hostourweb.com> wrote:> thanks for that. > > i tried to set up an HD image and install from ISO but i got no console > output when i issued the xm console command. > > any idea? > ------------------------------ > *From:* Grant McWilliams [grantmasterflash@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, September 28, 2009 2:23 PM >How are you installing from an ISO image? Is this an HVM domain or PV? What are you wanting to install as the DomU? Grant McWilliams Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I''ll use Windows." Now they have two problems. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Robbie A. Garrett <RGarrett@hostourweb.com> wrote:> well... anything! > > i was trying ubunto server 9 as the iso and made a 2gb HD as the base > image. > > my deployment tool is xen-create-image which mounts the .img and copyes > files from within one .img to another. > >So you''re using Xen-tools. This also means you''re probably using Ubuntu as the DomU? There''s problems with Ubuntu as DomUs these days since Ubuntu has all but dropped Xen support. The way around that is to use all HVM DomUs but then you lose some of the value of having a hypervisor that can do paravirtualization. I have an Ubuntu 9.04 DomU but I had to use a Debian Lenny kernel to get it to work right. There is a 9.04 disk image on stacklet.net though that has a basic kernel in it. Xen works best with Debian, Suse and CentOS/Fedora/RHEL. I have a tutorial to install CentOS 5 as a Xen DomU. It''s a cut down version of the howto on the CentOS Wiki. I use it for my students who want to get their feet wet with Xen - http://grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/xen-howtos/198-create-xen-virtual-machine It uses a kickstart image on my site to set installation options and installs off the CentOS mirrors. I use the resulting image for all of my DomUs in production. Grant McWilliams _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hey all, i need a place to download pre build xen images. can anyone supply a URL? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
i was looking for more then a link that does a google search for me. there has be more then jailtime<http://jailtime.org/> (which is now stacklet.com<http://stacklet.com/>) ________________________________ From: Grant McWilliams [grantmasterflash@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:00 PM To: Robbie A. Garrett Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] place to download up2date images On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Robbie A. Garrett <RGarrett@hostourweb.com<mailto:RGarrett@hostourweb.com>> wrote: Hey all, i need a place to download pre build xen images. can anyone supply a URL? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com<mailto:Xen-users@lists.xensource.com> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users http://tinyurl.com/y8d6kvh Grant McWilliams Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I''ll use Windows." Now they have two problems. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
thanks for that. i tried to set up an HD image and install from ISO but i got no console output when i issued the xm console command. any idea? ________________________________ From: Grant McWilliams [grantmasterflash@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:23 PM To: Robbie A. Garrett Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] place to download up2date images On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Robbie A. Garrett <RGarrett@hostourweb.com<mailto:RGarrett@hostourweb.com>> wrote: i was looking for more then a link that does a google search for me. there has be more then jailtime<http://jailtime.org/> (which is now stacklet.com<http://stacklet.com/>) The google search got you all of the xen image sites. That''s why I gave it to you. As much as I''d like to say there''s more out there than that there isn''t much. I keep a list of VMimage sites for various VM technologies on my site - http://www.grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/virtual-os-images and you''ll notice that stacklet is the only one there for Xen. I look for images for other hypervisors but rarely for xen and always install from scratch. Not sure why this is, maybe because xen is more of a server virtualization product and I want it my way whereas the others I just us to test out Distributions. Grant McWilliams _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
well... anything! i was trying ubunto server 9 as the iso and made a 2gb HD as the base image. my deployment tool is xen-create-image which mounts the .img and copyes files from within one .img to another. ________________________________ From: Grant McWilliams [grantmasterflash@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:31 PM To: Robbie A. Garrett Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] place to download up2date images On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Robbie A. Garrett <RGarrett@hostourweb.com<mailto:RGarrett@hostourweb.com>> wrote: thanks for that. i tried to set up an HD image and install from ISO but i got no console output when i issued the xm console command. any idea? ________________________________ From: Grant McWilliams [grantmasterflash@gmail.com<mailto:grantmasterflash@gmail.com>] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:23 PM How are you installing from an ISO image? Is this an HVM domain or PV? What are you wanting to install as the DomU? Grant McWilliams Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I''ll use Windows." Now they have two problems. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Robbie A. Garrett <RGarrett@hostourweb.com> wrote:> i use debian as Dom-0 > trying to get ubuntu as a Vm running within xen. > >You can use the Ubuntu 9.04 image on stacklet to get a basic Ubuntu system running. It''s a bare kernel though. I had to jetison the kernel for a Debian Lenny one in order to have OpenVPN and Xen at the same time. You might have noticed that Ubuntu''s Xen packages are largely empty now. Grant McWilliams _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
i use debian as Dom-0 trying to get ubuntu as a Vm running within xen. ________________________________ From: Grant McWilliams [grantmasterflash@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:45 PM To: Robbie A. Garrett Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] place to download up2date images On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Robbie A. Garrett <RGarrett@hostourweb.com<mailto:RGarrett@hostourweb.com>> wrote: well... anything! i was trying ubunto server 9 as the iso and made a 2gb HD as the base image. my deployment tool is xen-create-image which mounts the .img and copyes files from within one .img to another. So you''re using Xen-tools. This also means you''re probably using Ubuntu as the DomU? There''s problems with Ubuntu as DomUs these days since Ubuntu has all but dropped Xen support. The way around that is to use all HVM DomUs but then you lose some of the value of having a hypervisor that can do paravirtualization. I have an Ubuntu 9.04 DomU but I had to use a Debian Lenny kernel to get it to work right. There is a 9.04 disk image on stacklet.net<http://stacklet.net> though that has a basic kernel in it. Xen works best with Debian, Suse and CentOS/Fedora/RHEL. I have a tutorial to install CentOS 5 as a Xen DomU. It''s a cut down version of the howto on the CentOS Wiki. I use it for my students who want to get their feet wet with Xen - http://grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/xen-howtos/198-create-xen-virtual-machine It uses a kickstart image on my site to set installation options and installs off the CentOS mirrors. I use the resulting image for all of my DomUs in production. Grant McWilliams _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users