On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > On 06/22/2013 01:05 PM, C. L. Martinez wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am trying to test new xen packages from official centos repos. This >> centos 6.4 x86_64 host is my main virt platform at home (KVM based). >> >> My idea is to use kvm and xen in this same host (using init level 3 >> for kvm and init level 4 for xen), but when I try to install xen >> packages (using the procedure described in wiki), xen installs new >> kernel and tries to remove my kvm-kernel aware (remember, official >> kernel from centos repos). >> >> From my point of view, it is not admissible. >> >> Do I need to do another complete centos OS install to use xen >> packages?? Is not possible to use both kernels with only one OS >> install?? >> > > There are known issues with the xen and KVM on the same base machine ... > the xen version qemu and the kvm version of qemu clash as does the > libvirt-daemon-kvm and some of the other packages in the main distro. > > We know this happens, and we may try to work on it in the future, but > for now KVM and Xen on the same base machine is not supported. > > The kernel would do KVM though, just not all the packages will install > if you are installing xen as well. > Sorry for my late response. Thanks Johnny, I will do a second installation to test new xen repo ...