Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 23:55:57 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Paul Schenkeveld <fb-xen@psconsult.nl> Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-xen images Message-ID: <d763ac660905240855m5118e3b8j6ef9ad81c0f021db@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090524151025.GA67024@psconsult.nl> References: <d763ac660905240714p10a1051bq4ecc8b9400ff83b@mail.gmail.com> <20090524151025.GA67024@psconsult.nl>
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2009/5/24 Paul Schenkeveld <fb-xen@psconsult.nl>: > 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
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