[Xen-users] Fw: Xen, full virtualization and Virtual Machine Manager ?

[Lowell S Middleton <lmiddlet@xxxxxxx>]

I downloaded and ran the live CD from
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/LiveCD
which worked fine on a Lenovo,  Intel
Core 2CPU 6300@xxxx GHz with 2GB
of ram and 80 GB disk space. 

The next step was to recreate a working
version on this machine, using full virtualization of some test OS's, one
goal would be Microsoft Server 20xx and being able to view the console
of the guest machine.

I have kernel 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 running
from the Debian lenny distribution.

Using the Virtual Machine Manager
I attempted to create a new virtual system, my test OS was the CrunchBang
Linux distribution.  Selecting local install media (ISO image or CDROM)
..... there does not appear to be a problem.  I then attempt to open
the Virtual Machine and I get "Console is not yet active for guest"
 I have found a couple of "Bug" posts http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-rc/2010-04/msg01107.html
that have no reference/solution identified.

I have heard that Virtual Machine
Manager uses VNC to connect, a little assistance would be appreciated.
 This effort is supposed to be a proof of concept initiative I doubt
that my managers would buy off on makefile modifications or complex tweaks
that would be hard to reproduce - my predecessor left them in that position,
failed to document the steps involved and was unable to recreate.

I find it interesting that with VirtualBox
I managed to install XP, Linux Mint and CrunchBang within a couple of hours.
 I have been hoping that once stood up Xen would be a more robust
solution, or not, given that I am new to the world of virtualiztion.


Thanks in Advance,
Scott M.


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