From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 24 15:50:18 2009 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 63C3A106564A for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 15:50:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fb-xen@psconsult.nl) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (psc11.adsl.iaf.nl [80.89.238.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EACF18FC27 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 15:50:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fb-xen@psconsult.nl) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (localhost [80.89.238.138]) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n4OFAQni068277 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 17:10:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from fb-xen@psconsult.nl) Received: (from paul@localhost) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n4OFAQU4068276 for freebsd-xen@freebsd.org; Sun, 24 May 2009 17:10:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from fb-xen@psconsult.nl) Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 17:10:26 +0200 From: Paul Schenkeveld To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090524151025.GA67024@psconsult.nl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Subject: Re: freebsd-xen images 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: Sun, 24 May 2009 15:50:18 -0000 On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:14:36PM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote: > I've just written up a wiki page which links to the images that I'm toying with. > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/AdrianChadd/XenImages Thanks a lot! Nice to see all that recent activity on FreeBSD dom0! Over the last 12 months or so I've tried several times to get a working dom0 to try the FreeBSD Xen bits on but being a complete Lunix nono, three attempts with Linux failed (with Centos 5.0 - xen too old, OpenSuse 11.0 - system wouldn't boot after vanilla install, and Centos 5.2 - I stalled trying to get all the software installed to run Xen). At EuroBSDcon 2008 I had a talk with Michael Dexter about using a netbsd Dom0 (see http://multiplicity.bsd.lv/) but only 'almost' got it to work but choked on getting a grub working on 64-bit netbsd and other challenges. Yesterday I decided to try again from the beginning, now with Solaris Express Community Edition build 114 after a chat with a good friend working at Sun. I finally got a working setup, under VMware Fusion first but now starting installation on a freed up quad core workstation. This all shows that getting a dom0 up and running can be a challenge if you're not Linux literate. Are there any more detailed resources on the net about "getting your first dom0 that's capable of running FreeBSD domU up and running for newbies"? The weekend is almost over so $WORK will take over my agenda soon. If no good resources are available I'm willing to spend more time on this and write up notes to be put on the wiki. Regards, Paul Schenkeveld