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Mmm... So you do not need any specific/unpackaged version of Xen, or you<br>
don't need to modify Xen's code or apply any specific patch to it? If<br>
no, why bothering with building from sources?<br>
<br>
If you don't need anything particular, using what the distro provides is<br>
almost always waaay easier than building from scratch, and that is<br>
_especially_ true for Xen! :-O<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div style>I am a graduate student, and this is for my final project. </div><div style>My intention is to make some code changes in Xen and try some things out, once I get DomUs working.</div>
<div style>That is why I am trying to install from source. </div><div style><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">
> I am guessing there is a problem when it tries to connect to the<br>
> internet to download packages.<br>
><br>
</div>Could be... Is the bridge working?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>brctl shows me this. Does this mean everything is OK with the bridge ?<br><div># brctl show</div><div>bridge name<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bridge id<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>STP enabled<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>interfaces</div>
<div>br0<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8000.001ec936a1c5<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>no<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>em1</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>vif3.0</div>
<div>virbr0<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8000.525400f132d7<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>yes<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>virbr0-nic</div><div><br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br>
> This was what I tried initially. Regular F17, then yum install Xen,<br>
> and Virt-manager just worked out of the box for me, and I was able to<br>
> create DomUs.<br>
><br>
</div>No, I'm sorry, but now I feel like I'm loosing you. Are you saying that<br>
you installed Xen and virt-* with yum and you add it all working fine?<br>
Well, if yes, why you abandoned that path?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Since I am new to Xen, I tried the official packages (yum install, virt-manager) just to get some familiarity and confidence working with the system. I thought once I have those working I can install from source and make changes.</div>
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<div class="im"><br></div>Again, and sorry for repeating myself, if you do this, _do_ install an<br>
F18 (actually, at this time, you may want to go for F19) and _do_<br>
install both Xen, libvirt and the libvirt tools with *yum*. Don't build<br>
anything if you don't need it. :-)<br>
<br>
I said, and I confirm here, that on Fedora 18 (and the same applies to<br>
F19 Beta, at least the few times I tired) I have virt-manager and<br>
virt-install working well, either with xend running (i.e., using the old<br>
toolstack and the xen libvirt driver) or without xend (i.e., using the<br>
new toolstack and the libxl libvirt driver), at least for basic<br>
create/start/pause/suspend/resume/reboot/shutdown workflow.<br>
<div class=""><div class="h5"><br><br></div></div></blockquote><div style> Ok. I will try F18 next time. But I want to keep that as my last resort, if nothing else works.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Right now, I thought I can download the iso file for fedora, save the image on to the hard disk and then use it to build the DomU with xl. If that doesnt work, I will look towards F18.</div>
<div style><br></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Ranjith krishnan
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