[CentOS] Using Xen under CentOS 5.0

Ioannis Vranos ivranos at freemail.gr
Fri Apr 27 17:26:08 UTC 2007


Daniel de Kok wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:47:55 +0300
> Ioannis Vranos <ivranos at freemail.gr> wrote:
>> I have an internal modem with a driver that works with CentOS 4.x but 
>> not with 5.0. So I am thinking of using Xen in conjunction to SL 4.x.
> 
> Please be aware that dom0 normally only has real physical hardware
> access, though it is possible to hide some devices for dom0 to make
> them available in domU. If this is a PCI device, look for
> "pciback.hide" in the Xen User's Manual for more information.
> 
>> My question is, does this require separate physical partitions for SL 
>> 4.x, or will these be part of a VM file or something with CentOS 5.0 as 
>> a host?
> 
> domUs can be installed on physical partitions or disk image files.
> 
> With kind regards,
> Daniel de Kok


Is there any CentOS 5 Xen reference/howto/wiki?



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