RE: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD?
I'm no expert on Xen, but it does seem like a good, open source, alternative to VMWare. If you would like to know more, here is their home page: http://www.xensource.com HTH, kevin -Original Message- From: Nikolas Britton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:50 AM To: Micah Cc: Kevin Crenshaw; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD? On 12/20/05, Micah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Crenshaw wrote: > > Xen supports installation on Red Hat and Suse Linux. Does this mean that > > Xen will run on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility? Does anyone have > > a recommendation for Virtualization software to run on FreeBSD? > > > > Kevin > > > > From what looks like their home page > (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/) > > In addition to Linux, members of Xen's user community have contributed > or are working on ports to other operating systems such as NetBSD > (Christian Limpach), FreeBSD (Kip Macy) and Plan 9 (Ron Minnich). A port > of Windows XP was developed for an earlier version of Xen, but is not > available for release due to licence restrictions. > > Looks like someone is working on a port of it. Try contacting Kip Macy > to see what the status is. > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/OSCompatibility Umm so is Xen sorta like VMware ESX Server? Does Xen run directly on the hardware and then partitions it, like the IBM midrange systems do? If it does run on the hardware what about device drivers etc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD?
On 12/20/05, Micah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Crenshaw wrote: > > Xen supports installation on Red Hat and Suse Linux. Does this mean that > > Xen will run on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility? Does anyone have > > a recommendation for Virtualization software to run on FreeBSD? > > > > Kevin > > > > From what looks like their home page > (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/) > > In addition to Linux, members of Xen's user community have contributed > or are working on ports to other operating systems such as NetBSD > (Christian Limpach), FreeBSD (Kip Macy) and Plan 9 (Ron Minnich). A port > of Windows XP was developed for an earlier version of Xen, but is not > available for release due to licence restrictions. > > Looks like someone is working on a port of it. Try contacting Kip Macy > to see what the status is. > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/OSCompatibility Umm so is Xen sorta like VMware ESX Server? Does Xen run directly on the hardware and then partitions it, like the IBM midrange systems do? If it does run on the hardware what about device drivers etc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD?
Kevin Crenshaw wrote: Xen supports installation on Red Hat and Suse Linux. Does this mean that Xen will run on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility? Does anyone have a recommendation for Virtualization software to run on FreeBSD? Kevin From what looks like their home page (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/) In addition to Linux, members of Xen's user community have contributed or are working on ports to other operating systems such as NetBSD (Christian Limpach), FreeBSD (Kip Macy) and Plan 9 (Ron Minnich). A port of Windows XP was developed for an earlier version of Xen, but is not available for release due to licence restrictions. Looks like someone is working on a port of it. Try contacting Kip Macy to see what the status is. HTH, Micah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD?
On 12/20/05, Aaron Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/20/05, Kevin Crenshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I'll look into it. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nikolas Britton > > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:28 PM > > To: Kevin Crenshaw > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD? > > > > On 12/20/05, Kevin Crenshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Xen supports installation on Red Hat and Suse Linux. Does this mean that > > > Xen will run on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility? Does anyone > > have > > > a recommendation for Virtualization software to run on FreeBSD? > > > > > > > I don't see why not, it's what we do with VMware. Why not try and port > > Xen to FreeBSD, you have the source code. > > Also, Xen currently requires any guest OS to be running a modified > kernel. Suse and Redhat "support" for Xen means that they ship with > this modified kernel so they can be installed as a guest OS. They > might also ship with the Xen hypervisor and have some way to install > Suse or Redhat as VM 1 (the controlling virtual machine). If you're > asking if one can run FreeBSD as a guest, I'm guessing the answer is > yes. > > In the upcoming year, intel and AMD are releasing new virtualization > technology built into their CPUs. When this happens, Xen will be able > to use any x86 OS without modification supposedly. > > Just some extra information I picked up at Ohio Linuxfest this year > that I thought might help you on your quest :-) > > Aaron > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD?
On 12/20/05, Aaron Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/20/05, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/20/05, Kevin Crenshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Xen supports installation on Red Hat and Suse Linux. Does this mean that > > > Xen will run on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility? Does anyone > > > have > > > a recommendation for Virtualization software to run on FreeBSD? > > > > > > > I don't see why not, it's what we do with VMware. Why not try and port > > Xen to FreeBSD, you have the source code. > > I'm under the impression that Xen doesn't "run on" anything. It is a > "hypervisor" that loads before any other OS, and uses the first > virtual machine (which could easilly be freebsd as far as I know) to > translate system and network calls for all the other virtual machines. > > Aaron > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD?
Thanks for your reply. I'll look into it. Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nikolas Britton Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:28 PM To: Kevin Crenshaw Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD? On 12/20/05, Kevin Crenshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Xen supports installation on Red Hat and Suse Linux. Does this mean that > Xen will run on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility? Does anyone have > a recommendation for Virtualization software to run on FreeBSD? > I don't see why not, it's what we do with VMware. Why not try and port Xen to FreeBSD, you have the source code. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD?
On 12/20/05, Kevin Crenshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Xen supports installation on Red Hat and Suse Linux. Does this mean that > Xen will run on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility? Does anyone have > a recommendation for Virtualization software to run on FreeBSD? > I don't see why not, it's what we do with VMware. Why not try and port Xen to FreeBSD, you have the source code. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Can you run Xen on FreeBSD?
Xen supports installation on Red Hat and Suse Linux. Does this mean that Xen will run on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility? Does anyone have a recommendation for Virtualization software to run on FreeBSD? Kevin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
