From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm6CE-0002Fj-Jr for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:38:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 639A921C441; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:38:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.mthode.org (rrcs-24-173-105-85.sw.biz.rr.com [24.173.105.85]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5DA221C439 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:38:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.6.60.219] (unknown [64.39.4.132]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.mthode.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AA45C1D43 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:38:00 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.12.0.110505 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:37:57 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] New Gentoo-Wiki Article (draft): Paravirtualizing Gentoo VMs on XenServer From: Matthew Thode To: Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-server] New Gentoo-Wiki Article (draft): Paravirtualizing Gentoo VMs on XenServer In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: fa7a514916685b69b2247a1ce5b766dd Is there a reason you are not using the {Hardened Server [Virtualization]} profile for grsec? I have tested this profile on rackspace and it works (we use xen here). -- Matthew Thode On 7/26/11 12:07 PM, "Pandu Poluan" wrote: >-original message- >Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] New Gentoo-Wiki Article (draft): >Paravirtualizing Gentoo VMs on XenServer >From: Paul Hartman >Date: 2011-07-26 22:42 > >>On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >>> Hello list! >>> >>> As I've once promised, here's a (draft) of HOWTO run Gentoo VMs >>> paravirtualized on XenServer >>> >>> >>>http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/User:Pepoluan/Paravirtualized_Gentoo_VMs_ >>>on_XenServer >>> >>> Any inputs? >> >>Thanks for this, I've got a virtual server using old xen-sources >>kernel and previous attempts to use vanilla kernel have failed. Now I >>think I'll try my luck again with kernel 3.0 and your guide to see if >>I can get it to boot this time... :) > >Glad to be of help. Two notes of caution, though: > >1. I forgot to specify that memory allocation (VMSPLIT) *must* be 3G/1G >(3G for userspace, 1G for kernelspace). If not, the VM would mysteriously >refuse to start -- without any error messages. > >2. I truly have no idea if my method works for 3.0. It's been tested >thoroughlt with 2.6, though (to be precise: 2.6.38 and 2.6.39). I am >still hesitant to use 3.0 because I saw people reporting bugs where a >program is hard-coded to require kernel==2.6 (instead of requiring >kernel>=2.6). IMO, it's not yet safe to tread the 3.0 waters. At least >for another month. (As usual, YMMV) > >That said, feel free to point out errors. And if you fail/succeed, please >do tell me. > >Happy paravirtualizing! :) > > >Rgds, >-- >FdS Pandu E Poluan >~ IT Optimizer ~ > >Sent from Nokia E72-1 > > >