Re: [Xen-users] How do I build Xen 4.1.2 from source

[Ranjith Krishnan <pkranjithpk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply mark and sorry for the delay in getting back. 

Honestly, I found the script a bit intimidating :( , so I decided to dig some more before trying it out. And I found some good tutorials. 
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Fedora13Xen4Tutorial.html
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Fedora_16_Dom0

The first tutorial gives detailed instructions on building Xen on Fedora 13; and from the second tutorial, I understand that since Fedora 16 has support for Xen dom0, I do not need to recompile the kernel. 

I followed the tutorial and re-installed Fedora on my USB HDD, following the partition advice given there. 
I have one question.

1. When I install xen, I want to ensure it only makes changes to the external USB hdd boot loader where I am working from currently, and NOT my internal hard disk which has winXP/ubuntu. Will Xen do any changes to my /dev/sda ?


Sorry about this.. 
"> I tried to search the archives but was getting an apache error
> everytime i searched. What am I doing wrong ?

You are not giving enough information, that's what you're doing wrong
really. Helping people is not easy when they just say "I can't get this
to work! Help!"
"
I was trying to access the archived xen-users mailing list at 
http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-users/

If I give text in search box or click the "how to search" link, I get a 404 error. 
Am I looking in the wrong place ? How do I access the mail archives ?

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Mark van Dijk <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,

Hi.

> I have Fedora 16 installed on a USB hdd, bootable.
> I want to build and install Xen, and then configure Fedora as Dom0.>
> I am a newbie to zen so would greatly appreciate a tutorial/steps to
> get this done.
> I was reading documentation and browing various forums and was not
> getting anywhere. Please help.

Have a look at how Xen can be built e.g. in Archlinux. I have never
used fedora so I can't help there, but the archlinux routine is visible
here:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xe/xen-4.2/PKGBUILD

Specifically focus on the build() routine. Everything above that is
metadata that could also useful (e.g. dependencies).

I'd advice you to not follow it all blindly though, the people who
have uploaded this PKGBUILD have been using it for a loong time and it
seems they lack critical thought.

Disclaimer: I cannot be held responsible for what you do, evarr. If you
break your system, it's not on me. :) Having said that, yes, indeed,
basically you simply clone the repository of your choice, I'd advice
xen-4.1-testing.hg, and run 'make' a few times.

> I tried to search the archives but was getting an apache error
> everytime i searched. What am I doing wrong ?

You are not giving enough information, that's what you're doing wrong
really. Helping people is not easy when they just say "I can't get this
to work! Help!"

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