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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