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RE: [Xen-users] Most stable Xen distro?

To: "Steven Timm" <timm@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Most stable Xen distro?
From: "Tait Clarridge" <Tait.Clarridge@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:04:41 -0400
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Doug Breshears <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Ah yes, excellent point. Thanks Steven for adding that.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Timm [mailto:timm@xxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:45 PM
To: Tait Clarridge
Cc: Doug Breshears; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Most stable Xen distro?

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Tait Clarridge wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Check out the CentOS 5.1 distro. It's been a dream for me.
>
> I've tried a few so far -
>
> Fedora 8 & Xen Source 3.1/3.2 -> Major tweaks needed on my system
> CentOS 5/5.1 -> No Problems at all
> Ubuntu -> HVM Guests were laggy and using up way to much I/O
>
>
> Give CentOS a shot. :)

Be aware that if you want to do 64bit dom0 and 32-bit paravirtualized
domU it is not going to work on Centos (and friends).  I've heard
this will be fixed in the next update.

Steve



>
> -Tait Clarridge
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug
> Breshears
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:35 PM
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Most stable Xen distro?
>
> Is there a consensus on which distro is the best for running a Xen
dom0?
> I have tried Debian Etch (Xen 3.0.3/2.4.18 kernel) but it was having
> problems with the domU's thinking the (virtual) hard drive was bad.
> I upgraded to Xen 3.2 hypervisor and tools (Using Etch Backports) and
> that helped quite a bit (errors are not fatal but still there) but
this
> left the kernel untouched and I assumed that it would be best to get a
> kernel compiled with the same version of hypervisor you are using.
>
> I then tried Ubuntu Gutsy (Xen 3.1/2.6.22 kernel) but the domU guests
> hang while booting.
>
> I would prefer a Debian Etch dom0 but will go with whatever works
best.
>
> So to clarify.. Is there a Xen distro package / Kernel package
> combination that works best?
> I would consider compiling from scratch but I am not sure that would
do
> any better.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks.
>
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