Xen users - May 2011 - Re: 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.


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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
>


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Kind regards,
Joseph.
Founder | Director
Orion Virtualisation Solutions | www.orionvm.com.au | Phone: 1300 56
99 52 | Mobile: 0428 754 846

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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
>

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