From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robbie Dinn Subject: Re: Xen in SuSE Pro 9.3 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:32:08 +0000 Message-ID: <4231ABE8.7020606@microbus.com> References: <200503102055.09420.maw48@cl.cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <200503102055.09420.maw48@cl.cam.ac.uk> 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 Mark Williamson wrote: > According to http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/preview/, the > latest SuSE includes Xen packages. > > To what degree is this supported yet? Is there a Yast module (as for UML) > yet, or is it just the RPMs? I had difficulty finding the sources. I eventually found them here: ftp://ftp.suse.com/projects/kernel/kotd/i386/HEAD/kernel-source.src.rpm but I would advise using a mirror instead. I don't think SuSE like having all their bandwidth eaten up, plus you get better bandwidth from the mirror. This one worked for me: http://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/projects/kernel/kotd/i386/HEAD/kernel-source.src.rpm I don't know about any Yast module, but I haven't missed having one. > Of course, Yast can still do an install into a > subtree to make a domain filesystem, so it's not that big an issue. I haven't used the Yast UML 'install into a subtree' tool recently. It may have improved since I last used it, but I found some things needed patching by hand after the install (many months ago). To install n machine images, I did n ordinary installs booting from the install media, each install into it's own logical volume. It's slow and it's dumb but it works. This also let me install a Fedora core3 image along side the SuSE images. Of course this method doesn't work on a live xen machine. SuSE won't let you install into a root filesystem into a logical volume unless you have a seperate boot partition. I set aside two partions, one to act as a boot partition and one to act as a scratch pad or fake /boot filesystem when installing the domU images. I tar'ed the fake boot filesytem and untar'ed it back onto the root image after each install. > Perhaps I should upgrade :-) > It's worth using the SuSE rpm's if you want a SuSE box because it is what you are familiar with _and_ you want a kernel that is as close as possible to what SuSE currently ship/support. That was my reason anyhow. Otherwise you could just use your favorite distribution. Fedora core3 is pretty painless. I am gratefull that SuSE are putting this stuff out for people to try and I am looking forward to the next release. ------------------------------------------------------- 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