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RE: [Xen-users] Best distro for installing dom0?

To: "'Christopher G. Stach II'" <cgs@xxxxxxxxx>, "'Stephen Yum'" <steveyum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Best distro for installing dom0?
From: "Sylvain Coutant" <sco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 15:14:06 +0200
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> > I myself am using CentOS 4.3. Seems a lot of people are using Debian
> > Sarge, FC4/5, etc.
> >
> > I guess the requirements for a good distro for Xen install are that it
> > must:
> >
> > 1. be able to do a minimal install
> > 2. be absolutely stable
> > 3. operate with a small footprint
> > 4. be secure
> >
> > Which distro fits the above best?
> 
> They're all just about the same.

Debian footprint with a very basic install is by far the smallest one. 
Something around 100 MB on disk and no junk service installed. However, it 
means you know what you are doing and don't require nice X panels to manage 
your server.


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