Hi,
We are a group of 3 grad
students at the University
of California at
San Diego.
We are working on a project to use Xen to create a honey-farm. We are planning to
simulate about 100 computers which would be doing a fair amount of network communication.
So far, we have installed Linux and are trying to get Xen working.
We have a number of
questions, and would appreciate any help you could give:
1)
Are there particular
versions of Linux better suited than others to running Xen on? We currently
have Redhat 9.0, but if it would be simpler to get it working on another
version, we would be happy to switch.
2)
Besides the basic readme, is
there any further documentation about setting up and running Xen and XenoLinux?
Specifically, we are looking for “how to” type documents or at
least example scripts that get Xen running.
3)
Is there a list of dependent
programs that Xen needs to function properly? We have already discovered that
we need both Ant and Java.
4)
We have tried to run the
script to set up Xen. It references /boot and we are not sure what should be in
that directory.
5)
What exactly is xenolinux.gz
for?
6)
Is xenctl the main
executable to control Xen and the creation of virtual systems? If so, is there
documentation on how to run xenctl? If not, how do we actually get Xen running
after we have done the install script??
Again, we appreciate any
help you could give.
Thanks in advance.
Dave Berlin
Jeremy Chiu
Jefferson
Ng
xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
