How to install Xen in Debian5 ?
Friends,
I wish to install xen in Debian5.0.4 (kernel 2.6.26) , but I am unable to find a documentation for this. Though wiki.debian.org/Xen does say something about this , it does not seem to work. For eg. They say: Code:
#apt-get install xen Code:
Package xen is not available, but is referred to by another package. Thanks |
for xen install following packages as per http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualiza...an-lenny-amd64
Code:
xen-hypervisor-3 |
Generally : apt-cache search <name> ( or part of name )
.. will tell what's available. And that goes for all Debian packages. → linux-image-xen-686, etc.etc. http://packages.debian.org/lenny/linux-image-xen-686 .. |
Hi,
Just follow the howto pointed out by sem007, that's a great step by step guide to get you up and running with Xen. Kind regards, Eric |
sem007 and Elictra...
Thanks so much for your help. Sorry for the late reply due to my off-work. It works and now my Debian system does have 2 virtual machines running. I wish to know one more thing..... There is a disk.img in /home/xen/<hostname> directory. If I just copy it to, say /home/xen/<hostname2> directory and provide a .cfg file for that second host, I can create another virtual machine. Now my doubt is, I hear a lot about Xen templates. Actually what is the need for it? If I can first create a "master" disk.img (say from /home/xen/<hostname>, which has all the readymade applications needed and use it as a template for future use... Is there any advantage in using templates? sem007 and elictra .. I dont find a 'thanku' button... :( |
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