WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-users

Re: [Xen-users] which OS + which Xen version to get Linux X64 dom0 + Win

To: Age_M <Age_M@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] which OS + which Xen version to get Linux X64 dom0 + Windows dumU working? -I'm desperate
From: Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:28:55 +0200
Cc: xen-users <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:30:08 -0700
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <4850250A.7060509@xxxxxx>
List-help: <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-users@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
Organization: SoftDux
References: <484FF60D.5080101@xxxxxxxxxxx> <4850250A.7060509@xxxxxx>
Sender: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421)
Age_M wrote:
Hi Rudi,

Rudi Ahlers schrieb:
My end goal: To setup a dom0 Linux server, running 64bit Linux (for server with 16GB+ RAM) & have a Windows (2003 / 2008) domU running on top of it.
that shouldn't be that tricky.

So far, I have tried:
CentOS 5.1 + default XEN, no luck
CentOS 5.1 + recompiled XEN 3.2, no luck
haven't tried CentOS or Fedora yet
I'd prefer to stick with these, since I know it very well, and our control panel manufacturers recommend it.

I don't even get as far as Windows CD booting up, I don't even get the console.
Console? You need to use VNC or if you're running an X-server on your dom0 you could also use SDL. Did you try to start Windows with "xm create <config> -c"?

Yes, I have started the domU via xm create -c /etc/xen/windows2003, and can see it running as well. The problem comes into connecting to you, and now that you mention it, I probably need VNC, but how do I tell VNC to assign an IP to that domU if Windows is not running yet (and I haven't created an IP for it yet)? I have been able to setup Windows 2003, using virt manager in Gnome, on CentOS 5.0 x64, but I need to set it up via SSH on a remote server. Any tips?

The I have tried Ubuntu Server 8.0.4, and had some weird, first time errors, that no one had seen, and I had to fill a bug report.
Ubuntu 8.04 Server is running smoothly here. 64bit dom0, serveral linux domUs and a 32bit Windows XP domU. Maybe you could send us the link to your bug-report, so maybe we could sort it out?
I did't submit a bug report, since this will be used in a production hosting environment, I didn't want to sit with problems. So I have removed Ubuntu, and installed CentOS again

So, I have tried Fedora Core 7, and it kept hanging on bootup if I boot up with the default Xen kernel. When I bootup without Xen, it boots fine.

The server will be in a production hosting environment, so I need to know that the combination I use will be stable. Can someone please make a good recommendation for this?

There were 2 or more huge threads here, which covered this question. Just search the mailinglists archives. I found this link for example:
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2008-05/msg00484.html

Which is why I didn't even bother downloading Fedora Core 9 :)
I'd prefer to stick to CentOS, but I'm downloading FC 8 now, to see how it performs
Geetz Age_M





--

Kind Regards
Rudi Ahlers
CEO, SoftDux

Web:   http://www.SoftDux.com
Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other 
technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff


_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users