From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 9 09:19:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88D921065671 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:19:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gueven.bay@googlemail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C4F8FC1A for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:19:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gueven.bay@googlemail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k31so1628203fkk.11 for ; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:19:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Y45najGeg4nIegeBwFfNiWAFHSjQ2+0l1Xlk9odQRFk=; b=YGqI4Agjr2F6kuwaFhrt8WvofiycGx6itIF21SFRo1OzYUcquvRnD2RMY4G+cQFH70 i1oDfdP5bFmPZ+kUtY7jlZjFv5tmvYwu3TaMY7h8odiRdICUkNNgAW/mryYS6DPboJp8 DghP0RIzj5tuCGk5x0+ouuTdUE8m6h4zRKuMc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=qc7LfqcimWBEYCO5jSPeZN/uUl+iyMVUj2Xt6CHAnxT/dWLdRnTv6b9AFxIKFBvRQg InBILNtURBD4xOcKVIOt+B9B8S26dZNGdCKFYj18rkfoKpPGJEu1wcma6AGObow91GUQ 0pSgtVAMijghhBfaRZfBWHr3cMfV2K6ilyLbk= Received: by 10.187.188.15 with SMTP id q15mr226481fap.83.1218272099679; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.187.245.7 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 01:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <13413b8f0808090154n31bc2aeexf906461142455072@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 10:54:59 +0200 From: "Gueven Bay" To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 on Xen X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:19:11 -0000 2008/8/8 Elwell, Richard : > Sorry about the premature sending. Here is the complete question: >> Greetings, >> I am attempting to follow the directions located at >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/virtualization-guest.html >> and load a FreeBSD Xen DomU instance. The document says: >> > Download the FreeBSD domU kernel for Xen 3.0 and disk image from > http://www.fsmware.com/ > * kernel-current > > * mdroot-7.0.bz2 > > * xmexample1.bsd > ... I want to add my following questions because in the handbook are they unfortunately _not_ explained: 1) What is this "kernel-current" ? And how can I make myself this "kernel-current" using the base system and the tools in it ? 2) What is "mdroot" ? And how can I build a "mdroot"? 3) Where are the Xen sources located? Does The FreeBSD project just write patches which are then used to modify the original sources to get Xen run on FreeBSD OR is there a fork like source repository where the FreeBSD Xen is maintained? I hope that someone can answer me these questions but also I think including the answers to the Handbook would be a great help for all who want to use Xen on FreeBSD. regards Gueven