From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 29 23:00:47 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 616A916A418 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:00:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CF7713C428 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:00:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.06) with ESMTP id l6TN0imQ018507 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:00:44 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l6TN0hFO019223 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:00:44 -0700 Message-ID: <46AD1C1B.4030903@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:00:43 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (Windows/20070716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adam J Richardson References: <62b856460707290755s1225eaffy951caa9c81857de3@mail.gmail.com> <46AD1B6B.2010605@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <46AD1B6B.2010605@crackmonkey.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.2.304607, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.7.29.153933 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Michael Grant Subject: Re: XEN questions 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: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:00:47 -0000 Adam J Richardson wrote: > Michael Grant wrote: >> Does XEN work with freebsd 6.x? >> >> Does one run XEN inside of freebsd and then VMs inside that, or does >> one run XEN on the bare hardware and then run freebsd inside that? If >> I've already got freebsd running on my box, do I have to reload it >> from scratch or is there a way I can virtualize what I already have >> runing? >> >> Michael Grant > > Hi Michael, > > Afraid I don't have any experience of Xen, but I know Qemu works well > and I know for sure VMware has a cloning tool that does exactly what > you're after. Although after trying it once it occurred to me to > wonder why I'd want to run an identical copy of my laptop on my > laptop... :P > > If Xen doesn't have a cloning tool, perhaps you can use the VMware > cloning tool and tweak the clone to run under Xen? After all, VMware > can use Qemu disks and Virtual PC can use VMware disks, so it might work. > > HtH, > Adam J Richardson No, Xen doesn't work with FreeBSD as the dom0 OS. There's work being done to port it to CURRENT (7), but I have some lingering doubts as to whether or not Xen could be MFC (Migrate from CURRENT)'ed. For questions about Xen, I suggest you consult the documentation up on the xen-source.org site and/or ask them. -Garrett