Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:21:10 +0200 From: Zladivliba Voskuy <nospampam@hotmail.fr> To: <john.c.prather@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD on EC2 maybe real now ? Message-ID: <SNT121-W294491C17980816D64FB1DC87B0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikqEn6xe5Q-BV-6rvatY==5xwUz%2BHWownbgeU84@mail.gmail.com> References: <C1DF3F5D69D9CB4485D722A4249F2ABA04A162CC@EX-SEA19-A.ant.amazon.com>, <AANLkTi=EybXEC0h=TK7QCincAiDqa4YB2jA7M7LezvTe@mail.gmail.com>, <C7825CF5-CEF2-4FA5-8220-4822CD904992@amazon.com>, <SNT130-w33294F207236BD25277FB091860@phx.gbl>, <SNT121-W30E1ADEB307FD61BD2A550C87A0@phx.gbl>, <AANLkTikqEn6xe5Q-BV-6rvatY==5xwUz%2BHWownbgeU84@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks a lot for your post. This is really usefull for all of us how are dr= eaming to put FreeBSD on EC2. I'll get it a try this weekend to see if I ca= n do something. Ok=2C let's keep us posted through this list !=20 Great ! Z. > Date: Thu=2C 16 Sep 2010 16:00:02 -0700 > Subject: Re: FreeBSD on EC2 maybe real now ? > From: john.c.prather@gmail.com > To: nospampam@hotmail.fr > CC: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org >=20 > I'm not familiar with EC2 myself yet=2C but I did play with FreeBSD > booted out of pvgrub on linode's xen system. >=20 > It was something of a pain=2C and required their finnix linux setup > (some rescue linux system that they offer which did not consume my own > paid-for disk volumes) to write the OS disk image to a volume=2C create > the /boot fs and put the kernel into it=2C etc. (linode uses paravirt > which resulted in unstable FreeBSD=2C so I never did get a Linode > FreeBSD system setup that was acceptable) >=20 > Depending on the ability to run one of their own provided systems on a > very tiny portion of available volume space in order to put the > FreeBSD pieces into place=2C it might be similar. >=20 > I used this as my guide: >=20 > http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/NetBSD_howto >=20 > Which I had to make heavy modifications to because FreeBSD !=3D NetBSD > (for instance=2C netbsd apparently compiles under linux) >=20 > Using my experience applying that info to FreeBSD=2C I threw together > some documentation about all the failures I had getting FreeBSD to be > stable on paravirt. >=20 > http://wiki.interwebfun.org/index.php?title=3DFreeBSD_XEN_Guests >=20 > I imagine one of the more relevant portions of this page would be > "Building XEN Kernels" and "Creating Disk Image". >=20 > The former shows how I built XEN kernels on my local desktop for this. > The latter details how I created the disk image for the OS volume. > Apparently I did not detail how I setup the boot fs with the kernel > image(s)=2C so refer to the NetBSD_howto page for copying the kernels > over and booting them. >=20 > Keep in mind that these are suggestions for a starting point when > trying to setup FreeBSD on a remote system with pvgrub=2C and almost > everything will need to be considered and adjusted for amazon's EC2 > environment. I had FreeBSD 7.2 with xen patches happily booting from > pvgrub on Linode's xen system=2C but 7.3=2C 8.0=2C 9.0 were all terribly > unstable=2C and most would not even boot in SMP. I'm under the > impression that HVM is far more reliable than ParaVirt for FreeBSD=2C > however I don't know what EC2 provides. >=20 > I will probably play around with this a bit myself in the coming > weeks. If i run into some success=2C I will post an update with more > useful information. >=20 >=20 > -john >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Thu=2C Sep 16=2C 2010 at 6:47 AM=2C Zladivliba Voskuy <nospampam@hotma= il.fr> wrote: > > > > Hey guys ! > > > > It seems there's a little hope to make progress with FreeBSD on EC2=2C = as Amazon posted this announcement : http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/07/use= -your-own-kernel-with-amazon-ec2.html > > > > I couldn't read the documentation about how to do this but they say "Yo= u could (if you are sufficiently adept) use this facility to launch an oper= ating system that we don't support directly (e.g. FreeBSD). If you manage t= o do this=2C please feel free to let me know". > > > > Does anyone knows how to do this actually ? Or is this really possible = ? > > > > I've been waiting for an FreeBSD ec2 image for years now ! I know there= 's a lot of persons waiting also around so if anyone knows how to make this= happen=2C please post somehting !!!! > > > > Thanks ! > > Z. > > > > > > ______________________________= _________________ > > freebsd-xen@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen > > To unsubscribe=2C send any mail to "freebsd-xen-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > > =
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