[gentoo-amd64] Xen, Core 2 Duo, 64bit

[gentoo-amd64] Xen, Core 2 Duo, 64bit

[Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y)]

Hi all,
I saw the discussion with A Ross etc etc...
So, Is there any documentation to get Xen3 working on Gentoo-amd64 using
portage? I am looking for a paravirtualization doc:
I need to guest a Windows XP on my Gentoo host...
Thank you.


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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Xen, Core 2 Duo, 64bit

[Craig Webster]

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:23:30 +0100, "Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y)" <mihamina.rakotomandimby@etu.univ-orleans.fr> wrote:
> Is there any documentation to get Xen3 working on Gentoo-amd64 using
> portage? I am looking for a paravirtualization doc:
> I need to guest a Windows XP on my Gentoo host...

Did you try this:
  http://gentoo-wiki.com/Xen

We used that guide a fair while ago to setup out Xen dom0 - not sure if it's still up-to-date, but it's worth a shot.

After that, the Xen mailing list is full of useful info on getting a paravirtualised domain running.

Yours,
Craig
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Xen, Core 2 Duo, 64bit

[Pawel Kraszewski]

Dnia wtorek, 2 stycznia 2007 02:23, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) napisał:

> I saw the discussion with A Ross etc etc...
> So, Is there any documentation to get Xen3 working on Gentoo-amd64 using
> portage? I am looking for a paravirtualization doc:
> I need to guest a Windows XP on my Gentoo host...

In kernel 2.6.20 there'll be a paravirtualizer built in-kernel (KVM 
http://kvm.sourceforge.net/). It uses a slightly modified QEMU as a manager 
and requires a decent CPU supporting it (feature called  VT - it's highly 
probable your CPU does it).

AFAIK there are patches for <2.6.20 kernels to get it working.

You might start off with QEMU+kqemu (works perfectly on my amd64) and then 
move to 2.6.20 paravirtualizer when it appears, as disk images will be 
probably compatible.

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