Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:48:11 -0500 From: "Ron Carter" <Ron.Carter@cartersweb.net> To: "Deb Heller-Evans" <deb@es.net> Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 64-bit Centos5 xen kernel and creating a FreeBSD domU Message-ID: <A3BFD7610AD8DE4198A516C0030F535E5C29@bronto.Carterswebnet.local> In-Reply-To: <1231945646.1172.8.camel@RabbitsDen> References: <496BC05B.2030606@es.net> <1231945646.1172.8.camel@RabbitsDen>
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I really like to get a copy of your image with paravirtualization built = into it. I running PF-Sense on XEN 5.0. An would love to try to create = a build of it that has the paravirtualized kernal and network drivers = built into it. That would be awesome. =20 My build skills for freebsd are extreamly limited so I have been = struggling with how to get it working and just trying to figure out what = has to be done just to create a build. RC=20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org = [mailto:owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Alexandre "Sunny" = Kovalenko Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:07 AM To: Deb Heller-Evans Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64-bit Centos5 xen kernel and creating a FreeBSD domU On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 14:12 -0800, Deb Heller-Evans wrote: > I'm new to Xen, and have been digging around the Internet. I have a=20 > Xen CentOS kernel installed on an Intel 64-bit system: >=20 > Linux myhost.com 2.6.18-92.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Jun 10 19:20:18 EDT 2008 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >=20 > Using: > xen-3.0.3-64.el5_2.9, > kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.el5 >=20 > I need to learn FreeBSD, and so I thought I'd do it under CentOS using = > Xen. My intent was to load FreeBSD 7.x as a domU, but as I perused=20 > the Internet, I am seeing that there are issues with Intel 64-bit=20 > CentOS systems and that the domU kernel needs to have PAE support (I=20 > have 16GB memory on my system). >=20 > Given the current state of the Universe, and the fact that I know next = > to nothing about FreeBSD at the moment, does anyone have any sage=20 > advise and recommendations for me? Given that you are new to FreeBSD, I would recommend building = fully-virtualized (as opposed to paravirtualized) domU, provided that = your hardware and software supports that. That would give you stable = FreeBSD playground from which you could move on to -CURRENT, with its = Xen support, when you feel comfortable with the platform. I am running = fully-virtualized FreeBSD 6.4 domU under OpenSuSE 11.0/Xen 3.2.1 and it = seems to be quite happy. I have picked 6.4 just because that was what I = needed at the time, but I suspect that 7.1 would work too. Just my 2c. >=20 > Thanks (in advace - as they say), > deb >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-xen@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-xen-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (=EF=CC=C5=CB=D3=C1=CE=C4=D2 = =EB=CF=D7=C1=CC=C5=CE=CB=CF) _______________________________________________ freebsd-xen@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-xen-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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