Re: [CentOS] Any compelling reasons to upgrade to 5

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:

On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 10:51 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:

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On 3/26/07, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu m3freak@thesandhufamily.ca wrote:

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It's not the full Xen - just a xenified kernel that will allow CentOS 4.5 to run seamlessly as a domU on CentOS 5.

Which version of Xen is in RH5 then? I read that Xen 3.0 can run unmodified linux kernels ... is a modified 4.5 kernel *required* or just better-performing?

I think the CentOS 4.5 domUs will have to be paravirtualized, and CentOS 5 domUs can be either paravirtualized or fully virtualized. But, don't take my word for it.

I won't. The modified kernels are only required for paravirtualised guests. I'm hoping they will work for the host too:-)