Re: [Xen-users] Getting frustrated with Xen

[Jonathan Dill <jonathan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry Amundson wrote:
> I'm back after being unsubscribed after a month or so, and I have to
> say I'm already frustrated by a continuing theme (or themes). Xen is
> not a "package", per se, it is more of an *operating* *system*, and
> installing from source is not something to go into lightly. Did you
> really need to?
It seems like there are some unrealistic expectations.  I have been 
doing Linux since the 45-floppy disk days, and I wouldn't try to install 
Xen from source unless I really had to for some reason.  Also it has 
been my impression Xen 3.0 is intended as beta-quality software and not 
pretending to be anything different, but for some reason, some people 
seem to have a very different impression and expectations to go along 
with it.
I think it is purely the nature of the development cycle and where Xen 
3.0 is at in its evolution and not some kind of deficiency or flaw, 
right now it's just not something to get into if you don't have a high 
tolerance for frustration.
> gotten to this point. For example, an error early on (not currently in
> front of me :-) about missing file during boot could be a fairly
> common problem referencing xen files with "/boot" in grub.conf - do
> other previous entries have it? No - grub these days typically
> references the /boot partition directly, so the context is
> /filename....
I posted a message that pointed that out, but no one replied, so I don't 
know if anybody noticed.  I barely have time to read the mailing list.  
If someone has a bad attitude, I am more likely to just skip it.
Jonathan

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