Xen / KVM Fedora-12 How To Document

[Zhiqiang Ma]

Hi,

> For xen networking you could look at
> http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/XenNetworking . The quick guide to xen on Fedora
> is
> 1) yum install xen xen-hypervisor xen-libs xen-runtime
> 2) install a xen dom0 kernel eg. from http://myoung.fedorapeople.org/dom0/

I find that the version of xen in Fedora 12 is 3.4.3. Can xen 3.4.3 in
Fedora wok with the kernel in the directory above? I find in xen.org's
wiki that the newer version of pv_ops kernel requires xen 4.0.1-rcx.

If it can work, that will be great.

> 3) Create an entry in the /boot/grub/grub.conf along the lines of
> title xen
>        root (hd0,0)
>        kernel /xen.gz
>        module /vmlinuz-2.6.32.14-1.2.107.xendom0.fc12.x86_64 ro
> root=UUID=...
>        module /initramfs-2.6.32.14-1.2.107.xendom0.fc12.x86_64.img
>
> however xen isn't fully supported in Fedora at the moment so you may find
> KVM easier.

Thanks.
Eric