Re: xen on wheezy

[Patrick Bartek <bartek047@yahoo.com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "craig@gtek.biz" <craig@gtek.biz>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:33 AM
> Subject: 
xen on wheezy
> 
> I am trying to learn virtualization with Xen on Wheezy. I have installed Wheezy 
> on an old AMD Athlon XP system, and installed the 
> xen-linux-system-3.2.0-4-686-pae metapackage. I understand that I also need 
> "...a kernel specifically crafted to work as the Domain 0, mediating 
> hardware access for XEN itself." Must I build that kernel, or is there a 
> package that contains the kernel?
> 
> The metapackage installation installed several other packages, and there is a 
> file in /boot by the name of xen-4.1-i386.gz, but when I try to point lilo.conf 
> to it, I get a fatal error from lilo: "Setup length exceeds 63 maximum; 
> kernel setup will overwrite boot loader"
> 
> Any pointers would be appreciated.


I would restart at the beginning:

   http://www.xen.org/support/documentation.html

   http://wiki.debian.org/Xen


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