From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Glen Subject: Re: Begging for help with cloned OpenSuse 10.3 DomU on OpenSuse 11.1 Dom0 Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:50:17 -0800 Message-ID: <4CEEA1D9.4000403@c5i.net> References: <20101121000829.GA32177@c5i.net> <4CED421B.9070402@c5i.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: George Dunlap , Jan Beulich , xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Jan, George, Thank you both for taking the time to reply to me! On 11/25/2010 12:24 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: > Why are you running software this old in both host and guest? I could explain it, but I have no desire to torture you. :-) And if I did explain it, the heads of half this list's subscribers would explode. :-) > I'm pretty certain neither is considered supported anymore, and > chances are your problem would be solved by using newer bits. Thank you. I will start pursuing that direction today. On 11/25/2010 1:44 AM, George Dunlap wrote: > Yes, the first thing you should do is upgrade to newer versions of Xen > / kernel, if they're available through OpenSuse. > If this is the most recent version in OpenSuse, then reporting it > there is probably the best thing to do. That sounds good, thanks. I will do so. > If you've tried the OpenSuse support channels and haven't gotten any > help there, you basically have two options: > * Move to a different supported infrastructure. Xen Cloud Platform > should be a good choice -- it's designed from the ground up to be a > virtualization applicance, it's based on the XenServer product, and > it's actively supported by both a community and Citrix engineers. > (There are probably other good options, I'm just not familiar enough > with them to make a personal recommendation.) No, I value your recommendation immensely, and am very grateful! As soon as I solve my immediate problem you can be sure I will check that out! > * Build your own versions of Xen and Linux from the most recent stable > releases. Xen-users should be able to help you with that; and if you > find bugs in those, this list will be much more willing / able to help > you track them down. > (This is assuming you want a fully open version. XenServer is a good > product, and the free-as-in-beer version is very full-featured, and > also has a decent support community.) > Good luck, > -George Thank you - thank you both, very much. It will be even as you say. :-) Warmest regards, Glen Glen Barney