From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 17 06:21:11 2010 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 9BDF51065672 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:21:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nospampam@hotmail.fr) Received: from snt0-omc1-s49.snt0.hotmail.com (snt0-omc1-s49.snt0.hotmail.com [65.54.61.86]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C708FC1F for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:21:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from SNT121-W29 ([65.55.90.8]) by snt0-omc1-s49.snt0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:21:11 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [82.230.32.136] From: Zladivliba Voskuy To: Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:21:10 +0200 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: , , , , , MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Sep 2010 06:21:11.0122 (UTC) FILETIME=[85AB8320:01CB5630] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD on EC2 maybe real now ? 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, 17 Sep 2010 06:21:11 -0000 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 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= " > > =