Subject: Re: xen3 on amd64
To: Darrel <levitch@iglou.com>
From: Adam Hamsik <haaaad@gmail.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/15/2007 14:07:10
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On Sep 15, 2007, at 5:43 AM, Darrel wrote:
> Hopefully, this is the correct list for my question. Currently, I
> am experimenting with Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD, so
> probably have not spent enough time researching the politics of
> mailing lists- but I have subscribed to this one for the moment.
>
port-xen is better IMO.
> I have plans to follow these wiki instructions:
> http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_set_up_a_guest_OS_using_xen3
>
> To prevent my train from getting lost, does anyone have a warning
> about attempting this on dual-processor amd64? I assume XFree86 is
> "required" to make xen3 work here? If not, I would rather not
> install the graphical interface.
>
You have to install i386 version of NetBSD on your machine. amd64 is
not supported for now :(. You don't need Xfree86. You can run it only
in dom0, in domU use Xvnc for X11.
> Darrel
>
Regards
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