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RE: [Xen-users] Debian Repository

To: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Debian Repository
From: "Ian Tobin" <itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:07:17 -0000
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If Debian is not going to be supported for much longer what would the next best 
OS be?



-----Original Message-----
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen [mailto:pasik@xxxxxx] 
Sent: 12 January 2010 14:20
To: Ian Tobin
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Debian Repository

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 04:16:31PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:44:32PM -0000, Ian Tobin wrote:
> >    Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    Im trying to install Netware and Windows 2008 server but im having
> >    problems with it reading the ISO.  Im guessing this is because im running
> >    version 3.2.1 debian packages so i want to upgrade to unstable and use 
> > the
> >    3.4 deb packages.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    My problem is that there isn't a kernel package so when booting you cant
> >    boot into xenified kernel mode.  If i try and use a kernel from the 
> > stable
> >    tree it messes things up.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    How is everyone else running the 3.4 packages? Ive read about pv_ops but 
> > i
> >    don't know how to install or use it.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    Any ideas?
> > 
> 
> I think the Debian Xen 3.4.2 debs are also missing qemu-dm required
> for Xen HVM guests. 
> 
> Debian developers are working on adding qemu-dm back to the packages 
> (it was removed because the Debian Xen maintainer didn't want to maintain
> it, he thought managing/patching Qemu was too much work for him).
> 
> There was discussion about this on xen-devel and on debian pkg-xen
> mailinglists:
> 
> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-12/msg00716.html
> and
> http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2009/12/15/support-to-be-removed-from-debian-squeeze-call-for-volunteers/
> 
> You could always compile your own Xen dom0 kernel, there are many
> options for that:
> 
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDom0Kernels
> 

At the moment Linux 2.6.31.9 with OpenSUSE 2.6.31-10 Xen patches might
be a good option for you as a dom0 kernel.

-- Pasi




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