From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 24 15:56:06 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 3658D106567A for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 15:56:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f105.google.com (mail-qy0-f105.google.com [209.85.221.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E08658FC20 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 15:55:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by qyk3 with SMTP id 3so4072291qyk.3 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 08:55:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GnaVHtsUZQBwHBWq0k+cL/Uo701fTySnfx29k9mawtw=; b=fShobjcWTCWpFzlyDp2XVeLNBk9T+005/qESbdr42kG+f1bDz4yGaBiJC/cC3qCyRU wGOQhISu6Y76za42Zt0pIDizRhHhFvma/yt3cAuRaGxN/E76DQNXOZY5rTvbGrlFiPYL Nn+a8+/b9cQ7rxllyVeMCTAXlrazG446UZvhQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=nhaD22TN8TH22wNSxInyGCXOxdufytWnmVXdVRCsOuNtZyLMYJUoLbZzYtlFG9I5sf hX5mFB5pw7ybSZDm8Iu3DWjZpCVeiQy6hgKNMnql2pb9i1RVimvpUdrf17S22IrDuSow yuK/PceYvUw/XBD+iniScEwgPb3BcUDX/TV0M= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.229.100.134 with SMTP id y6mr1876848qcn.27.1243180557828; Sun, 24 May 2009 08:55:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090524151025.GA67024@psconsult.nl> References: <20090524151025.GA67024@psconsult.nl> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 23:55:57 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: c6ea04262fb9ca68 Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Paul Schenkeveld Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org 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 15:56:06 -0000 2009/5/24 Paul Schenkeveld : > Thanks a lot! =A0Nice to see all that recent activity on FreeBSD dom0! FreeBSD DomU you mean? :) There's no FreeBSD dom0 support. > This all shows that getting a dom0 up and running can be a challenge if > you're not Linux literate. =A0Are there any more detailed resources on th= e > net about "getting your first dom0 that's capable of running FreeBSD domU > up and running for newbies"? Yup! The way is simple: * grab centos 5.3, i386 edition (i've not tried the 64 bit stuff) * you uncheck all the package groups except "base", including "dial up networking" and "text" internet * (this means you only need CD 1, not all 6.) * Install the base system * reboot, make sure everything is fine, run "yum update", fiddle with things as needed * Then "yum install xen" * make sure /boot/grub/menu.lst is set to boot xen automatically. That is basically it ;) There's other stuff to do (such as figuring out how to drive their networking scripts) but the default "bridged" eth0 is perfectly fine for basic testing. I had trouble with my recentish intel desktop motherboard(s) - I had to boot the installer and normal kernel with 'acpi=3Doff' but -not- boot Xen with that. Adrian