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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] help a newbie please
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Todd Deshane wrote: I don't have personal experience with Lenny, perhaps the xen-users list does. I see Debian does have kernels: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDom0Kernels Anybody running Xen + Dom0 kernel successfully on Lenny? I use Lenny as a Dom0 with the "stock" xen kernel but use 3.4.3 hypervisor rather than the one in the repos. I would recommend you run the 64 bit version because it is more stable if your hardware supports it. You can compile and install the hypersior fairly easy. You can use the instrustions from the 4.0 hypersivor to compile the 3.4.3 hypersivor. They can be found at: http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/Xen4.0?highlight=(xen)|(4.0) You can download the 3.4.3 code from: http://www.xen.org/download/index_3.4.3.html When you do the compile just do: make xen make tools make stubdom make install-xen make install-tools make imstall-stubdomI would avoid doing a full on make world as this compiles a kernel, hypervisor and tools. If you install xen using: apt-get install xen-linux-system-2.6.26-2-xen-amd64Then you will need to run update-grub after you do the install so the new hypervisor is configured correctly in grub. If you can start with a clean install of Lenny and go from there. I would load just the hypervisor: apt-get install linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-amd64And then add the peices you need from there. I would also use the backports for Leeny for more current packages: http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ Like libvirt-bin, xen-tools.The only issue I have run into with this is I haven't been able to get the GUI desktop to run with the xen kernel. I don't need this on my servers so it's not an issue for me, maybe someone can give you a pointer to get this running. Getting a working (stable) Lenny based xen server setup can be a lot of work. I haven't found a linux distro yet that had all the pieces I required included but that is the nature of the beast and is a function of my own needs and not really a limitation of the linux distro's I tried. Good luck and if you have any questions you can contact me off list and I will try to help time permitting. Tom. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Jonathan Lettvin <jlettvin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi Todd, I have installed Debian Lenny, and followed some of the instructions at: http://wiki.debian.org/Xen Specifically: Install Lenny. Finish the installation as you would normally do apt-get install install xen apt-get install xen-utils apt-get install xen-tools I am stumped about what to do at step 5 install a xen dom0-capable kernel I downloaded the image from: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/xen-linux-system-2.6.26-2-xen-686/download specifically: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/xen-linux-system-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-25lenny1_i386.deb But I do not know how to install it. I tried dpkg -i, but it reports unsatisfied dependencies. I tried to follow down all the dependencies, but don't really know how. So, that is where I am now stuck. Can you recommend next steps for me? On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Jonathan Lettvin <jlettvin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi Todd, Thank you for your fast response. Debian Lenny was my first candidate. I installed it (many hours) then acquired and compiled xen and then booted to that kernel and that was the attempt that led to xend failing for lack of some resource. I will try it again, given your advice but I fear I will waste another many hours and end up with no better results. A little bit of steering by you would make a huge difference to me. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Todd Deshane <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Jonathan Lettvin <jlettvin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi list readers, I am an experienced developer with only nominal configuration talent. These days, mostly I use ubuntu linux, but have used Debian, WhiteBox, CentOS, RH, Fedora. I have been using Sun VirtualBox to very great effect and hope for better performance by installing and using xen. I also intend to use Dom0 exclusively as a host, and not install any other packages. Instead, I expect to do all my development and package downloads onto guest machines. I wish to do a fresh install of a xen linux onto a brand new 1TB disk on my IBM Thinkpad T61 laptop. My intention is to generate file-based virtual machines that I can copy to make new instances. I am expecting to use HVM rather than paravirtualization and files instead of logical volumes. So far, I have tried it three times, once with Debian Lenny, and twice with ubuntu Maverick Meerkat. Every time I encounter show-stopper problems during compiles or xend crash on execution. I do not know if I have identified a solid recipe to follow, or whether my choices are bad. What I request is start to finish step by step instructions (preferably onto ubuntu or Debian). I am willing to back off on the Dom0 OS to an earlier ubuntu or Debian. All I want is to generate a solid baseline xen system that is as reliable and simple as possible. I will start from scratch with a clean disk, if I can only get instructions that lead to a working host. Please help by providing a single complete clean instruction list to achieve this.These links might help. http://wiki.debian.org/Xen http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenCommonProblems Post questions if you get stuck on anything. ##xen on freenode is also a place to ask questions. Hope that helps. Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com-- This e-mail is from Jonathan D. Lettvin, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, copy or distribute the e-mail or any attachments. Instead, please notify the sender and delete the e-mail and any attachments. Thank you. Jonathan D. Lettvin-- This e-mail is from Jonathan D. Lettvin, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, copy or distribute the e-mail or any attachments. Instead, please notify the sender and delete the e-mail and any attachments. Thank you. Jonathan D. 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