My wrong! It should be Xen 3.2-1. My intended point was that it's quite
recent - especially compared to Etch, which uses 3.0. Next time, I'll get
the numbers right.
Yes, Lenny is formally unstable. As this was for a development system,
that could be acceptable, but of course not for a production system.
Kernel is 2.6.26-1-xen-amd64 in my case.
/Chris
>> I'm using Debian 5 Lenny. I've found that it installs Xen 3.3 directly
>> from the repos,
>
> How that? Besides the fact that Lenny isn't released and thus formally
> unstable,
> Xen 3.3. is only available as xen-hypervisor-unstable in sid (Debian
> unstable).
>
> Is it what you used or have I overlooked something? What kernel do you
> use?
>
> BR,
> Carsten.
>
> ----- Originalnachricht -----
> Von: christoffer@xxxxxxxxx
> Gesendet: Don, 15.1.2009 15:33
> An: Madhuri Venkatesh <madhureev@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Grant McWilliams <grantmasterflash@xxxxxxxxx> ;
> xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: Re: [Xen-users] Selecting a linux distro for a xen-involved
> project
>
> I'm using Debian 5 Lenny. I've found that it installs Xen 3.3 directly
> from the repos, which is very convenient. Doesn't get any simpler (aside
> from a specific XEN distro, akin to KnoppMyth or FreeNAS). No issues so
> far, but on the other hand - I haven't exercised it thoroughly.
>
> /Chris
>
>> alright , CentOS it is then,
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Grant McWilliams <
>> grantmasterflash@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Madhuri Venkatesh
>>> <madhureev@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I wanted an opinion on the most xen-compatible linux distro.
>>>>
>>>> Im embarking on a 4 month project with xen which involves the
>>>> following
>>>> objectives:
>>>> 1.>Creating a tool with GUI that allows
>>>> a)starting,stopping restarting domUs
>>>> b)maintaining a status log of domUs
>>>> c)migration of dom Us
>>>> d) provides status info about domUs
>>>> 2.>Monitoring and Analyzing network usage of domUs using NS2
>>>> 3.>Testing network protocols on the domUs using NS2 in Real time.
>>>>
>>>> I will need to use Xen-api ,which needs xen3.2 or higher...Fedora 8(my
>>>> current dom0)comes with xen3.1 and i ran into "dependency hell" trying
>>>> to do
>>>> a yum update.
>>>> I want to select a suitable OS for the dom0...ive heard that CentOS
>>>> and
>>>> Ubuntu Intrepid are good,i wanted an opinion on which will be the most
>>>> suitable development environment to achieve these goals.Please help.
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Madhuri Venkatesh
>>>> Fourth Year Undergraduate Student,Computer Science and
>>>> Engineering,RVCE,Bangalore.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I use CentOS for all Xen tasks. You'll need to add the gitco repos and
>>> then
>>> update xen to 3.3 and it will work fine.
>>>
>>>
>>> Grant McWilliams
>>>
>>> Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use
>>> Windows."
>>> Now they have two problems.
>>>
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