From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Goetz Bock Subject: Re: Some general questions Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:21:09 +0100 Message-ID: <20050222132108.GA2623@shell.blacknet.de> References: <421B1784.2060002@skytecag.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <421B1784.2060002@skytecag.com> Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Tue, Feb 22 '05 at 12:29, Jorma Jakowitsch wrote: > -- Is there a way to use the whole RAM, You can use the whole RAM, but Xen needs a little for it's own. > -- Possibly there are much better solutions than using disk > partitions. What I need is a possibility to backup the domains, i.e. > via cron. Is there a way to create backups of a running/live domain? You should not mount the disks of a running domain on domain0. You can use LVM with snapshots to do this. > - - I'd prefer having kernel without loadable module support but need > different support for my client kernels. Is there a way to tell during ` > `make` that I need a kernel for my vpn-system in domain1 and another > kernel for my samba-server and so on? And can I have any type of kernel > on my VMs, i.e. 2.6.10 for the dom0, 2.6.9 for domain1 and 2.4.10 > running domain2? You can manualy apply the xen patch and than configure as many domU kernels as you like. Even different versions, as long as xen supports them. -- /"\ Goetz Bock at blacknet dot de -- secure mobile Linux everNETting \ / (c) 2004 Creative Commons, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 de X [ 1. Use descriptive subjects - 2. Edit a reply for brevity - ] / \ [ 3. Reply to the list - 4. Read the archive *before* you post ] ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click