Re: [MirageOS-devel] [Xen-devel] GSoC 2014

[Richard Mortier <Richard.Mortier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

fwiw the read me for my vagrant box setup might also be useful to look at if 
you're interested in going down the route of xen-on-virtualbox-on-osx (or 
possibly other host systems):

https://github.com/mirage/mirage-vagrant-vms/blob/master/README.md


 
On 14 Mar 2014, at 10:48, David Scott <Dave.Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've cc:d the list because other people will probably have the same problem.
> 
> On 14/03/14 10:27, Chamika Kasun wrote:
>> Hi David,
>> 
>> By now i have successfully followed "Background" and the
>> "Getting Started" links on the web page. and you have asked me to get a
>> small kernel working on xen. Since i'm pretty much new to xen would
>> please tell me a way to proceed to that.
> 
> To install xen: it depends what kind of hardware you have available and 
> your preferences. If you have access to a Linux box then you can install 
> xen from your distribution
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/Xen
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Fedora_Host_Installation
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Beginners_Guide
> 
> If you prefer you can run xen nested inside Virtualbox: (OS X, Linux, 
> probably Windows?)
> 
> http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/mirageos-devel/2014-02/msg00070.html
> 
> For general xen install advice, check out the xen-users mailing list:
> 
> http://lists.xenproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-users
> 
> Good luck,
> David
> 
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Chamika
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Chamika Kasun <kasun.chamika@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:kasun.chamika@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Hi all,
>> 
>>    thank you for giving a node to start. ok ill go through the steps
>>    and let you know if i got a problem. thank you very much.
>> 
>>    ~chamika
>> 
>> 
>>    On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:10 PM, David Scott
>>    <dave.scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dave.scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>        Hi,
>> 
>>        [cc:d mirageos-devel]
>> 
>> 
>>        On 10/03/14 10:40, Wei Liu wrote:
>> 
>>            Hello, I've CC'ed the technical contact for your. You should
>>            do the same
>>            in the future, because not every developer monitors the
>>            mailing list on
>>            a daily basis.
>> 
>> 
>>        Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>>            Wei.
>> 
>>            On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 10:37:56AM +0530, Chamika Kasun wrote:
>> 
>>                Hi all,
>> 
>>                I'm chamika kasun from Sri Lanka, Currenly i'm an
>>                Undergraduate Computer
>>                Science and Engineering 3rd Year Student of University
>>                of Moratuwa, I'm
>>                interested in taking "Create a tiny VM for easy load
>>                testing" as my GSoC
>>                project for 2014. For that project required skill is
>>                OCaml as mentioned in
>>                the project description page. By now i have taken a
>>                OCmal module in the
>>                University under the Object Oriented Programming
>>                Languages. And also under
>>                the Operating System module i have done a small project,
>>                that is creating a
>>                small kernel. as well as i'm having a good knowledge
>>                about the linux
>>                operating system. i believe that i have potential to
>>                complete this project,
>>                please tell me how to proceed further.
>> 
>> 
>>        I think a good next step is to try Mirage by following the
>>        "Getting started" links on the website:
>> 
>>        http://www.openmirage.org/__docs/ <http://www.openmirage.org/docs/>
>> 
>>        See if you can get a small kernel working on xen. It's a good
>>        idea to join the Mirage developer list
>>        (mirageos-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>        <mailto:mirageos-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) and send an email
>>        there if you get stuck. We've been trying to debug the getting
>>        started guide, so if you find bugs there then please report them.
>> 
>>        Let me know how you get on! :-)
>> 
>>        Thanks,
>>        Dave
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>    --
>>    Chamika Kasun.
>>    Undergraduate.
>>    Computer Science & Engineering
>>    University of Moratuwa.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Chamika Kasun.
>> Undergraduate.
>> Computer Science & Engineering
>> University of Moratuwa.
> 
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Cheers,

R.




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