* Xen on any linux
@ 2005-01-19 22:58 Chris Schmidt
2005-01-19 23:02 ` Jan Kundrát
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From: Chris Schmidt @ 2005-01-19 22:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xen-devel
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I am not sure that I understand the requirements for Xen.
I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and
using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could
install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and
the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a
supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?
Looks like a really neat program, but I am not grasping how it works.
Thanks
Chris
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* Re: Xen on any linux
2005-01-19 22:58 Xen on any linux Chris Schmidt
@ 2005-01-19 23:02 ` Jan Kundrát
2005-01-19 23:10 ` Derrik Pates
2005-01-19 23:23 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kundrát @ 2005-01-19 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Schmidt; +Cc: xen-devel
Chris Schmidt wrote:
> I am not sure that I understand the requirements for Xen.
>
> I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and
> using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could
> install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and
> the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a
> supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?
IF you want to use your existing instalation as non-privileged domain,
you can, but you'll have to use Xen-patched kernel instead of your
current one.
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* RE: Xen on any linux
@ 2005-01-19 23:03 Neugebauer, Rolf
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From: Neugebauer, Rolf @ 2005-01-19 23:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Schmidt, xen-devel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:xen-devel-
> admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Chris Schmidt
> Sent: 19 January 2005 22:58
> To: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Xen-devel] Xen on any linux
>
> I am not sure that I understand the requirements for Xen.
>
> I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and
using
> Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could install
Xen
> on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and the
Tarantella
> Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a supported linux
> distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?
In principle yes. Depends if your distro allows you to run recent 2.4
kernels, uses grub as boot loader and has a recent enough Python
installation.
How old is United Linux
Just give it a try and drop down the binary install. I shouldn't damage
your installations
rolf
>
> Looks like a really neat program, but I am not grasping how it works.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
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* Re: Xen on any linux
2005-01-19 22:58 Xen on any linux Chris Schmidt
2005-01-19 23:02 ` Jan Kundrát
@ 2005-01-19 23:10 ` Derrik Pates
2005-01-20 2:38 ` Chris Schmidt
2005-01-19 23:23 ` Ronald G. Minnich
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From: Derrik Pates @ 2005-01-19 23:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Schmidt; +Cc: xen-devel
Chris Schmidt wrote:
> I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and
> using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could
> install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and
> the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a
> supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?
So long as it has the stuff that's needed (python, python devel package,
python-twisted, iproute2, bridge utils, curl devel package, zlib devel
package, etc.), and you can install and boot from a Xen-ified domain 0
kernel, yes. I never used UL, so I don't know if it has all the things
that are required.
> Looks like a really neat program, but I am not grasping how it works.
It's not a "program" per se, in that it doesn't run on top of Linux; Xen
itself is a "hypervisor", or a supervisor for supervisors, that lets you
partition a machine into several virtual machines and run
specially-modified Linux kernels (or NetBSD, or FreeBSD, or Plan9) in
each. The programs that run in domain 0 just control the Xen
hyperkernel, telling it what to do.
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* Re: Xen on any linux
2005-01-19 22:58 Xen on any linux Chris Schmidt
2005-01-19 23:02 ` Jan Kundrát
2005-01-19 23:10 ` Derrik Pates
@ 2005-01-19 23:23 ` Ronald G. Minnich
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From: Ronald G. Minnich @ 2005-01-19 23:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Schmidt; +Cc: xen-devel
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Chris Schmidt wrote:
> I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and
> using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could
> install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working, and
> the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a
> supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?
it should work fine, but you have to have grub.
All you're going to change with a xen install is you'll add a new kernel
to grub called xen, and that kernel will use a module call
vmlinuz-2.6.10-dom0.
In other words, it won't really affect your install
ron
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* RE: Xen on any linux
2005-01-19 23:10 ` Derrik Pates
@ 2005-01-20 2:38 ` Chris Schmidt
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From: Chris Schmidt @ 2005-01-20 2:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Derrik Pates'; +Cc: xen-devel
Thanks for all the help. I understand it better now!
Chris
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From: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Derrik Pates
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:10 PM
To: Chris Schmidt
Cc: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen on any linux
Chris Schmidt wrote:
> I have a system running an older version of United Linux by SCO and
> using Tarantella 3.34 and Samba on it. I was wondering if I could
> install Xen on it, and still keep all my United Linux apps working,
and
> the Tarantella Server and Samba etc. Or would I need to install a
> supported linux distro, the reinstall my United Linux on it?
So long as it has the stuff that's needed (python, python devel package,
python-twisted, iproute2, bridge utils, curl devel package, zlib devel
package, etc.), and you can install and boot from a Xen-ified domain 0
kernel, yes. I never used UL, so I don't know if it has all the things
that are required.
> Looks like a really neat program, but I am not grasping how it works.
It's not a "program" per se, in that it doesn't run on top of Linux; Xen
itself is a "hypervisor", or a supervisor for supervisors, that lets you
partition a machine into several virtual machines and run
specially-modified Linux kernels (or NetBSD, or FreeBSD, or Plan9) in
each. The programs that run in domain 0 just control the Xen
hyperkernel, telling it what to do.
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