Re: [Debian-User] Xen Debian Package Management

2007-03-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Since you do not use a realname in your message I have found it in the SPAM-Folder. I do not understand why you are talkong abour Xen 2 if I have Etch- DVD's from November last year which have already Xen 3: ---[ command 'apt-cache search xen |grep -v roxen' ] libc6-xen - GNU

Re: [Debian-User] Xen Debian Package Management

2007-03-02 Thread Ted Hilts
Michelle The subject matter is mine but the content is some else's. I did not write what you quoted. Probably, the original email trail was missing. I know that Xen development is far further along than Xen 2. I have a copy of the original email if you want to see it -- just ask. The

Re: [Debian-User] Xen

2007-02-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Unknown Admin, Am 2007-02-17 00:07:47, schrieb Admin: snip BTW if anyone (I've seen a few Xen emails like the one where the AMD package disappeared only to be replaced by a 686 based Xen package that crashed) would like to set up a Debian Xen thread maybe we could help one another

Re: [Debian-User] Xen

2007-02-21 Thread Archive
Michelle Here is an excerpt from Xen Development that I think applies to your situation. There do not appear to be a lot of Debian possibilities as near as I can find out. But I'm still forging around. Your questions are further down. Here is the scoop from Xen Development regarding AMD.

Re: [Debian-User] Xen

2007-02-21 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 05:47:03PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: I have tried to compile my own Xen-Kernel but failed... Is there a Step-by-Step docu/howto HOW to build your OWN Xen-Kernel on a Debian-System? This is something I wrote a while back about compiling your own Xen kernel

Re: [Debian-User] Xen and LVM

2007-02-21 Thread Andy Smith
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 01:28:52PM -0700, Archive wrote: So I am not arguing aginst LVM. Those that use it and recommend it keep telling me I should plan on using it. I will do that if these same people start explaining the features in way that makes sense to the kinds of things I have

Re: [Debian-User] Xen and LVM

2007-02-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 01:28:52PM -0700, Archive wrote: Information for the database server might involve languages and language translation, and so on. So there is an obvious need for data management, data bases, etc., but my question to all reading this email is: Why LVM So I am

[Debian-User] Xen-Etch-Kernel 2.6.18-xen-amd64

2007-02-20 Thread Archive
Here is the scoop from Xen Development regarding AMD. Thanks, Ted PS: I will change ADMIN to something else as soon as I can. Hello Ted, 2. Are there any recent Xen binaries that integrate well with Debian? There seems to be little to no activity on the Debian-User list.with only one or two

Re: [Debian-User] Xen and a local mirror or a R/W DVD

2007-02-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:14:39 -0700 Archive [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Regarding the DVDs: AFAIK you cannot make changes to a full DVD, even if it is rewritable. Rewritable on a CD (and I suppose the same for a CD) means you can erase it all and start over. This is not the same as with a

Re: [Debian-User] Xen and a local mirror or a R/W DVD

2007-02-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 03:14:39PM -0700, Archive wrote: I really like the idea passed on to me of getting the entire 14 disk ETCH (older and therefore stable) distribution on a R/W DVD where the first DVD contains the installer. Apparently, this approach using the appropriate package

Re: [Debian-User] Xen and IP CHAINS and IP FORWARDING

2007-02-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 02:44:50PM -0700, Archive wrote: As mentioned in an earlier email the DOMU or secondary Xen system(s) can not only talk to the DOM0 or Xen primary system but also to other other DOMU or secondary Xen system(s) and that most likely involves not only LAN interaction

[Debian-User] Xen Debian Package Management

2007-02-19 Thread Admin
Re: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/ is the Xen Wiki front page. The following information may be a partial answer to some of the questions on the Debian-User list regarding obtaining a Debian friendly package as well as the difficulties encountered. Ian (one of the leading developers of

Re: [Debian-User] Xen and a local mirror or a R/W DVD [LONG REPLY]

2007-02-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 03:14:39PM -0700, Archive wrote: I really like the idea passed on to me of getting the entire 14 disk ETCH (older and therefore stable) distribution on a R/W DVD where the first DVD contains the installer. I think you're slightly confused here. The current stable

[Debian-User] Xen and LVM

2007-02-18 Thread Archive
I'm getting a lot of email on Xen which is nice so I am skipping names and just addressing issues. Activating and installing LVM on SuSE is made very easy because of SuSE's YACC user interface. A year ago LVM was becoming very popular and apparently touted the ability to unify diverse and

Re: [Debian-User] Xen and LVM

2007-02-18 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le dimanche 18 février 2007 21:28, Archive a écrit : [...] but my question to all reading this email is: Why LVM [...] The first two words : 1) merge 2) resize 1) Device block merging, everything, disks, RAID arrays 2) Online resizing of your logical volumes (slices of the previous merges)

Re: [Debian-User] Xen and IP CHAINS and IP FORWARDING

2007-02-18 Thread Steve Kemp
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 02:44:50PM -0700, Archive wrote: It would be nice to have some examples of this route management code with an explanation of it's operation and theory for both simple and complex scenarios, especially some Xen scenarios. Any takers on this??

[Debian-User] Xen and IP CHAINS and IP FORWARDING

2007-02-18 Thread Archive
As mentioned in an earlier email the DOMU or secondary Xen system(s) can not only talk to the DOM0 or Xen primary system but also to other other DOMU or secondary Xen system(s) and that most likely involves not only LAN interaction but also Internet interaction. Where internet interaction is

[Debian-User] Xen and a local mirror or a R/W DVD

2007-02-18 Thread Archive
I really like the idea passed on to me of getting the entire 14 disk ETCH (older and therefore stable) distribution on a R/W DVD where the first DVD contains the installer. Apparently, this approach using the appropriate package management calls will allow that same R/W DVD to be

Re: [Debian-User] Xen and a local mirror or a R/W DVD

2007-02-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 03:14:39PM -0700, Archive wrote: I really like the idea passed on to me of getting the entire 14 disk ETCH (older and therefore stable) distribution on a R/W DVD where the An older Etch is exactly the opposite of what you want. In the time since the freeze, there have

Re: [Debian-User] Xen

2007-02-17 Thread Peter Teunissen
On 17-feb-2007, at 8:07, Admin wrote: large snippage about beauty of Xen BTW if anyone (I've seen a few Xen emails like the one where the AMD package disappeared only to be replaced by a 686 based Xen package that crashed) would like to set up a Debian Xen thread maybe we could help

Re: [Debian-User] Xen

2007-02-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 12:07:47AM -0700, Admin wrote: One of the several reasons I left a large space on the hard drive was to establish a Debian based Xen virtual machine. To do this Xen is installed on top of the Debian kernel. If you are going to do this, may I recommend strongly that

Re: [Debian-User] Xen

2007-02-17 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 01:47:33PM +0100, Peter Teunissen wrote: On 17-feb-2007, at 8:07, Admin wrote: large snippage about beauty of Xen BTW if anyone (I've seen a few Xen emails like the one where the AMD package disappeared only to be replaced by a 686 based Xen package that

[Debian-User] Xen Dom0 and DomU

2007-02-17 Thread Archive
I put your text below mine. Yes, it does sound neat. Did you do a special compile for the RAID so it was built into the kernel or do you have a hardware raid controller, or what? Perhaps I am wrong but I think Dom0 should contain (but not with the purpose of executing) all applications that

Re: [Debian-User] Xen Dom0 and DomU

2007-02-17 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 05:06:46PM -0700, Archive wrote: I put your text below mine. Yes, it does sound neat. Did you do a special compile for the RAID so it was built into the kernel or do you have a hardware raid controller, or what? I use the in-kernel software RAID and mdadm, bog

Re: [Debian-User] Xen

2007-02-17 Thread Andy Smith
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 12:07:47AM -0700, Admin wrote: The Debian distribution is installed in a large partition so it can be added to in the future. Other distributions and/or specific Debian applications (derived from the primary distribution in the large partition) can be installed in

[Debian-User] Xen

2007-02-16 Thread Admin
One of the several reasons I left a large space on the hard drive was to establish a Debian based Xen virtual machine. To do this Xen is installed on top of the Debian kernel. The Debian distribution is installed in a large partition so it can be added to in the future. Other distributions