From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 20 11:07:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64B31065670 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:07:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B5498FC22 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q1KB7LgG090331 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:07:21 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q1KB7K0n090329 for freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:07:20 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:07:20 GMT Message-Id: <201202201107.q1KB7K0n090329@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: gnats set sender to owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:07:21 -0000 Note: to view an individual PR, use: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=(number). The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Tracker Resp. Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o kern/164630 xen [xen] XEN HVM kernel: run_interrupt_driven_hooks: stil o kern/164450 xen [xen] Failed to install FreeeBSD 9.0-RELEASE from CD i o kern/162677 xen [xen] FreeBSD not compatible with "Current Stable Xen" o kern/161318 xen [xen] sysinstall crashes with floating point exception o kern/155468 xen [xen] Xen PV i386 multi-kernel CPU system is not worki o kern/155353 xen [xen] [patch] put "nudging TOD" message under boot_ver o kern/154833 xen [xen]: xen 4.0 - DomU freebsd8.2RC3 i386, XEN kernel. o kern/154473 xen [xen] xen 4.0 - DomU freebsd8.1 i386, XEN kernel. Not o kern/154472 xen [xen] xen 4.0 - DomU freebsd8.1 i386 xen kernel reboot o kern/154428 xen [xen] xn0 network interface and PF - Massive performan o kern/153674 xen [xen] i386/XEN idle thread shows wrong percentages o kern/153672 xen [xen] [panic] i386/XEN panics under heavy fork load o kern/153620 xen [xen] Xen guest system clock drifts in AWS EC2 (FreeBS o kern/153477 xen [xen] XEN pmap code abuses vm page queue lock o kern/153150 xen [xen] xen/ec2: disable checksum offloading on interfac o kern/152228 xen [xen] [panic] Xen/PV panic with machdep.idle_mwait=1 o kern/144629 xen [xen] FreeBSD 8-RELEASE XEN pvm networking doesn't wor o kern/143398 xen [xen] FreeBSD 8-RELEASE XEN pvm networking doesn't wor o kern/143340 xen [xen] FreeBSD 8-RELEASE XEN pvm networking doesn't wor f kern/143069 xen [xen] [panic] Xen Kernel Panic - Memory modified after f kern/135667 xen ufs filesystem corruption on XEN DomU system f kern/135421 xen [xen] FreeBSD Xen PVM DomU network failure - netfronc. f kern/135178 xen [xen] Xen domU outgoing data transfer stall when TSO i p kern/135069 xen [xen] FreeBSD-current/Xen SMP doesn't function at all f i386/124516 xen [xen] FreeBSD-CURRENT Xen Kernel Segfaults when config o kern/118734 xen [xen] FreeBSD 6.3-RC1 and FreeBSD 7.0-BETA 4 fail to b 26 problems total. From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 06:05:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02BBC1065676 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:05:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from blaquebx@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83D898FC0A for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:05:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhn14 with SMTP id hn14so804074wib.13 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:05:49 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of blaquebx@gmail.com designates 10.180.109.198 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.109.198; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of blaquebx@gmail.com designates 10.180.109.198 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=blaquebx@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=blaquebx@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.109.198]) by 10.180.109.198 with SMTP id hu6mr2774284wib.16.1329977149667 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:05:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=c8aX0/s5+dc6UIM3vSfi4q01VfLwvtrkxfLXeksT81o=; b=wqbCJseKBWDu3oZ5G4qOcqbo805VqRX0c1vwJcAKLz9nTKvfHmMVzQi/UuZO1dUrc5 0IxOl7sDZ3zMCtzuXLMPfuwAxgQEDiE84/Afc4N9/mkY/GrUgInhAKFTXNVAmZprBwpV o6DSUM6q5l0zBrXcyA61YVQR5XyrgjwkgTSsk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.109.198 with SMTP id hu6mr2184372wib.16.1329975696003; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:41:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.227.116.66 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:41:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:41:35 -0800 Message-ID: From: Scott Strobele To: "freebsd-xen@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Trying to get "a" version of *BSD XEN in .iso to load on a DELL 1850 POWEREDGE (intel chip 64bit) X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:05:51 -0000 Hi Y'all, I am digging through the site, and getting ready to call it a day, I will finish reading the entire site tomorrow until I find this, Ian Pratt said it was here if it was anywhere. Another Ian named this location as well. I just have preferences of stability for a mysql database that will be large, and need to scale as far as size of cluster, it should be a lot of fun. I have used BSD before, and am not finding what I am looking for yet. Cheers Scott Strobele From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 15:40:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF31B1065673 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:40:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@egsner.cirr.com) Received: from egsner.cirr.com (egsner.cirr.com [IPv6:2620:0:de0::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 733938FC14 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:40:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from egsner.cirr.com (IDENT:eric@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by egsner.cirr.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/$Revision: 1.34 $) with ESMTP id q1NFao3N022979; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:36:50 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <201202231536.q1NFao3N022979@egsner.cirr.com> From: eric@cirr.com (Eric Schnoebelen) To: Scott Strobele In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:41:35 PST." Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:36:50 -0600 Sender: eric@cirr.com X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (egsner.cirr.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:36:51 -0600 (CST) Cc: "freebsd-xen@freebsd.org" , port-xen@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to get "a" version of *BSD XEN in .iso to load on a DELL 1850 POWEREDGE (intel chip 64bit) X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:40:09 -0000 Scott Strobele writes: - Hi Y'all, - I am digging through the site, and getting ready to call it a day, I will - finish reading the entire site tomorrow until I find this, Ian Pratt said - it was here if it was anywhere. Another Ian named this location as well. - I just have preferences of stability for a mysql database that will be - large, and need to scale as far as size of cluster, it should be a lot of - fun. - I have used BSD before, and am not finding what I am looking for yet. NetBSD has DOM0 and DOMU support in NetBSD 4.*, 5.* and 6.0_BETA. I don't know if anyones created a bootable ISO that starts a XEN hypervisor as part of the boot, but it's been something I've considered (I've got a couple of boxes that won't boot a generic kernel, but run fine with a xen hypervisor abstracting the hardware.) -- Eric Schnoebelen eric@cirr.com http://www.cirr.com Server (n.), 1. Large, extremely expensive machine that goes "Ping!". Measuring at least 25 cubic feet, heavy, bulky and giving of more heat than a nuclear power plant. It's big, it's bad, it's beautiful and makes it pretty clear what happened to this year's IT-budget. From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 16:12:44 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A80C1065678; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:12:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DF8A8FC08; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q1NGCipW094820; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:12:44 GMT (envelope-from linimon@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from linimon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q1NGCibc094816; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:12:44 GMT (envelope-from linimon) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:12:44 GMT Message-Id: <201202231612.q1NGCibc094816@freefall.freebsd.org> To: linimon@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.org From: linimon@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: kern/165418: [xen] Problems mounting root filesystem from XENHVM X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:12:44 -0000 Old Synopsis: Problems mounting root filesystem from XENHVM New Synopsis: [xen] Problems mounting root filesystem from XENHVM Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-xen Responsible-Changed-By: linimon Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Feb 23 16:12:13 UTC 2012 Responsible-Changed-Why: reclassify. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165418 From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 16:30:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18EC01065670 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:30:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF0F68FC0C for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:30:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q1NGUEmh005389 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:30:14 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q1NGUEvB005388; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:30:14 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:30:14 GMT Message-Id: <201202231630.q1NGUEvB005388@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.org From: Colin Percival Cc: Subject: re: kern/165418: [xen] Problems mounting root filesystem from XENHVM X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Colin Percival List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:30:15 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/165418; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Colin Percival To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, stefan.witzel@zvw.uni-goettingen.de Cc: Subject: re: kern/165418: [xen] Problems mounting root filesystem from XENHVM Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:20:47 -0800 Can you provide the console output up to that point? In particular any mention of "xbd" is likely to be relevant. -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 09:31:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 895911065672 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:31:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from royger@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117DF8FC19 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:31:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhn14 with SMTP id hn14so1978010wib.13 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:31:50 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of royger@gmail.com designates 10.180.92.71 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.92.71; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of royger@gmail.com designates 10.180.92.71 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=royger@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=royger@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.92.71]) by 10.180.92.71 with SMTP id ck7mr3922935wib.3.1330075910066 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:31:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=6XHTlZJA7SYuHcfNCmxCg1Hsmdth1NkI0kDuABKhP04=; b=Nlze9PPHV6NfRj9j2FSEDKN8N7fv8gKJw8sG3EjveFVWZlabp6J6BtcHGx6J/HIIPX pDplekfNSgJL8lzorLJFz5TF6sqb+LaRgZ/2HsYJk8JNvooZO392LKJlztAFtzCbz1pT gh1s+tfGIWkw/84Oul31MrUYG62OMRaTb7rUo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.92.71 with SMTP id ck7mr2937364wib.3.1330074029150; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:00:29 -0800 (PST) Sender: royger@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.213.219 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:00:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201202231536.q1NFao3N022979@egsner.cirr.com> References: <201202231536.q1NFao3N022979@egsner.cirr.com> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:00:29 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ts68A7DqTueggsi_zUgBTEH8VhQ Message-ID: From: =?UTF-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=C3=A9?= To: Eric Schnoebelen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-xen@freebsd.org" , Scott Strobele , port-xen@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to get "a" version of *BSD XEN in .iso to load on a DELL 1850 POWEREDGE (intel chip 64bit) X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:31:51 -0000 2012/2/23 Eric Schnoebelen : > > Scott Strobele writes: > - Hi Y'all, > - I am digging through the site, and getting ready to call it a day, I wi= ll > - finish reading the entire site tomorrow until I find this, Ian Pratt sa= id > - it was here if it was anywhere. =C2=A0Another Ian named this location a= s well. > - I just have preferences of stability for a mysql database that will be > - large, and need to scale as far as size of cluster, it should be a lot = of > - fun. > - I have used BSD before, and am not finding what I am looking for yet. > > NetBSD has DOM0 and DOMU support in NetBSD 4.*, 5.* and 6.0_BETA. > > I don't know if anyones created a bootable ISO that starts a XEN > hypervisor as part of the boot, but it's been something I've > considered (I've got a couple of boxes that won't boot a generic > kernel, but run fine with a xen hypervisor abstracting the > hardware.) I've done something similar, but with a Linux distribution (Alpine Linux), you can find more info here: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-01/msg00092.html It's a very minimal Dom0 LiveCD (80MB), that contains a very basic Linux system (uclibc + busybox) plus the necessary tools to run xen. It's quite fast, because it runs from ram. It's still a beta test, but we will probably start releasing this Dom0 LiveCDs with each Alpine Linux release starting from the 1st of April (approximate scheduled release date of the next version). I would also like to do something similar with NetBSD, but that will require some work. Regards, Roger. > -- > Eric Schnoebelen =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0e= ric@cirr.com =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http://www.cirr.com > =C2=A0Server (n.), 1. Large, extremely expensive machine that goes "Ping!= ". > =C2=A0Measuring at least 25 cubic feet, heavy, bulky and giving of more h= eat > =C2=A0 =C2=A0than a nuclear power plant. =C2=A0It's big, it's bad, it's b= eautiful and > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0makes it pretty clear what happened to this year's IT= -budget. From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 09:43:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3A6106566B for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:43:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Christoph_Egger@gmx.de) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 277918FC12 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:43:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 24 Feb 2012 09:17:15 -0000 Received: from osrc3.amd.com (EHLO rhodium.osrc.amd.com) [217.9.48.20] by mail.gmx.net (mp036) with SMTP; 24 Feb 2012 10:17:15 +0100 X-Authenticated: #6616588 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18AzG5ldoIAZGNvfbLB6HpGR75AxzXFchvlXEl1jl pZ43vu3eRcIQp+ Message-ID: <4F475597.3080508@gmx.de> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:17:11 +0100 From: Christoph Egger User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; NetBSD amd64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111114 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?Um9nZXIgUGF1IE1vbm7DqQ==?= References: <201202231536.q1NFao3N022979@egsner.cirr.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: "freebsd-xen@freebsd.org" , Scott Strobele , port-xen@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to get "a" version of *BSD XEN in .iso to load on a DELL 1850 POWEREDGE (intel chip 64bit) X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:43:56 -0000 On 02/24/12 10:00, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > 2012/2/23 Eric Schnoebelen: >> >> Scott Strobele writes: >> - Hi Y'all, >> - I am digging through the site, and getting ready to call it a day, I will >> - finish reading the entire site tomorrow until I find this, Ian Pratt said >> - it was here if it was anywhere. Another Ian named this location as well. >> - I just have preferences of stability for a mysql database that will be >> - large, and need to scale as far as size of cluster, it should be a lot of >> - fun. >> - I have used BSD before, and am not finding what I am looking for yet. >> >> NetBSD has DOM0 and DOMU support in NetBSD 4.*, 5.* and 6.0_BETA. >> >> I don't know if anyones created a bootable ISO that starts a XEN >> hypervisor as part of the boot, but it's been something I've >> considered (I've got a couple of boxes that won't boot a generic >> kernel, but run fine with a xen hypervisor abstracting the >> hardware.) > > I've done something similar, but with a Linux distribution (Alpine > Linux), you can find more info here: > > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-01/msg00092.html > > It's a very minimal Dom0 LiveCD (80MB), that contains a very basic > Linux system (uclibc + busybox) plus the necessary tools to run xen. > It's quite fast, because it runs from ram. It's still a beta test, but > we will probably start releasing this Dom0 LiveCDs with each Alpine > Linux release starting from the 1st of April (approximate scheduled > release date of the next version). > > I would also like to do something similar with NetBSD, but that will > require some work. Zafer made some NetBSD 5 LiveCDs which can boot Xen Dom0 out of the box. Christoph