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RE: xen or xen-vserver - difference?



 On 30-08-2007, Frank <josephbeuys@gmx.de> wrote:
> What the differece between this packages?
>
> xen-linux-system-2.6.18-5-xen-686 - XEN system with Linux 2.6.18 image 
> on i686
> xen-linux-system-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-686 - XEN system with Linux 
> 2.6.18 image on i686
>
>
> 
> XEN is a patch on the linux kernel to enable running linux as domX vserver
is a patch on the linux kernel to create vserver in linux (sort of super
chroot).
> 
> -xen-686 is a package with only the first patch
> -xen-vserver-686 is a package with the two patches
> 
> Have a look at :
> http://linux-vserver.org/
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/
> 
> (in fact xen+vserver is a proof of concept that you can build a kernel
with this two patches)
> 
> Regards,
> Sylvain Le Gall

if i want to install xen on debian and make windows xp as guest operating
system, which packages should i install?
i saw someone said:
xen-linux-system-2.6.8-5-xen-686
libc6-xen
bridge-utils
xen-tools
xen-ioemu-3.0.3-1

but i don't know what these packages use for.

thanks in advance.

  yours,
xuefeng.



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