how do I setup a Ubuntu domU on a Fedora Core 8 XEN server?

[Rudi Ahlers]

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Shizzle Cash <shizzlecash at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On Jul 26, 2008, at 7:08 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking for instructions on how to setup a Ubuntu domU XEN guest, on a
>> Fedora Core 8 XEN server.
>>
>> Before you tell me to try the FC mailing list, I have asked on the CentOS
>> mailing list already, and was reffered here. I got some nice tutorials on
>> how to setup a Ubuntu XEN server, and then install the Ubuntu XEN guest, but
>> that doesn't work on a different Linux distro.
>>
>> Can someone please direct me to a working tutorial on how to get it to
>> work?
>>
>
> Rudi,
>
> I'm not sure if you've run across this yet, you might very-well have.
>  First off, without knowing exactly what problem you're having, there's not
> much people can do for you on this list.  I would guess that most people in
> here haven't set-up a XEN system.  I myself have not, but I figured maybe I
> could at least help find a solution.  I ran across this link in the Ubuntu
> community wiki that, while it doesn't specifically address your issue, it
> might point you in the right direction.  Actually I have 2 links for you.
>
> The first is to an ubuntuforums post that I'm wondering if it is yours:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=828157
>
> If not, it sounds like you're not the only one having issues using the
> latest release as a DomU guest.
>
> The second is the wiki link:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen
>
> The wiki link is more about using Ubuntu as the XEN host with others as
> guests.  However, I'm wondering if the problem lies in Ubuntu needing to be
> tweaked a little to run under a Fedora DomU host. I notice that in the
> "Stuff to check when converting a disk image to a DomU" in the wiki, it
> mentions some specific things you have to do to get Gentoo running on an
> Ubuntu host.  I'm wondering if something similar is needed for Ubuntu
> running on Fedora.  While I know it's not an "answer" I'm hoping it might at
> least be a pointer to a potential solution.
>
> The only other thing I can think of (and one that you've probably already
> taken into account), is to make sure you're using the same architectures for
> your host and guest OS (e.g. i386 and i386).  I know I've been bitten by
> silly stuff like that in the past.  Since XEN is kernel-based, I would think
> mis-matched architectures would be problematic.  Again, no offense intended
> by this, I just know I've beaten my head over problems just to have the
> solution be something really simple that should've been obvious to me, but
> for some reason wasn't at the time.
>
> Also, as far as Karl is concerned, he generally means well, but it most
> cases the information or suggestions he gives are wrong.
>
> I'm sorry I can't help further with this problem right now, but hopefully
> this will maybe provide some thoughts that point you in the right direction
> for a solution.
>
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Ok, so I suppose no one really knows how to successfully setup Ubuntu as a
XEN domU guest on CentOS or Fedora Core then?

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Kind Regards
Rudi Ahlers
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