Re: NetBSD vs Linux

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 05:03:52PM +0200, Victor Dorneanu wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 04:37:20PM +0200, Victor Dorneanu wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi there!
> >>
> >> Currently I'm using NetBSD(amd64). I'd like to install a Linux instance
> >> using Xen. But there is one "small" problem: I don't know which arch I
> >> should take. 32bit or 64bit? Is it possible to use a 32-bit Linux domU
> >> on a 64-bit NetBSD dom0?
> >>     
> >
> > It is, provided the linux kernel is 32bitPAE (AFAIK all of them are now).
> >
> >   
> >> What about 64-bit?
> >>     
> >
> > Should work too.
> >
> >   
> 
> Do you know where I can get a Linux (Debian) Xen domU kernel? I found
> one (vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen) but that kernel version is to old. I need a
> newer one (like 2.26.26+).

It seeems there's one in
debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/xen
(although it's in a parent dir named netboot this really is a xen domU kernel).


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