Xen 3.0.3 on Debian 4.0 Etch
Here is the instruction for running XEN on Debian Etch on Core2Duo 6300 with 2GB Ram.
First, install all the packages that related to XEN.
apt-get install libc6-xen linux-headers-2.6-xen-686 linux-headers-2.6-xen-vserver-686 linux-headers-2.6.18-4-xen linux-headers-2.6.18-4-xen-686 linux-headers-2.6.18-4-xen-vserver linux-headers-2.6.18-4-xen-vserver-686 linux-image-2.6-xen-686 linux-image-2.6-xen-vserver-686 linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-686 linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-vserver-686 linux-image-xen-686 linux-image-xen-vserver-686 linux-modules-2.6.18-4-xen-686 linux-modules-2.6.18-4-xen-vserver-686 xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386 xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae xen-ioemu-3.0.3-1 xen-tools xen-utils-3.0.3-1 xen-utils-common bridge-utils iproute sysfsutils
Then, boot reboot the machine and choose the pae kernel to boot.
Next, add the following into /etc/network/interface for the Xen Bridge neteork.
auto xenbr0 iface xenbr0 inet dhcp bridge_ports eth0 # optional bridge_maxwait 0
To build a new debian domain:
Configurature /etc/xen-tools/xen-tools.conf collectly such as kernel version and initrd.
Then, run
xen-create-image --hostname=<name_of_DomU> --dir /home/xen/images/debian
Next, configurature
/etc/xen/<name_of_DomU>.cfg
to make sure all the Tag are correct.
Finally, run
xm create test.cfg -c
to run the VM.
As Core2Duo 6300 support VT, we could run Windows under Xen.
To run Windows in Xen,
first, build an image file for windows.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/xen/images/WinXP.img bs=1M count=4096
Next, copy the Windows XP install CD in to an iso format
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/xen/cds/winxp.iso
Then, build a winxp config file in /etc/xen as the following. eg:
vi /etc/xen/winxp
kernel = "hvmloader" builder='hvm' memory = 512 name = "winxp" vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ] disk = [ 'file:/home/xen/images/WinXP.img,ioemu:hda,w', 'file:/home/xen/cds/winxp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] #cdrom = '/dev/hda' device_model = 'qemu-dm' boot="dc" sdl=1 vnc=0 nographic=0 localtime=1
Run
xm create winxp -c
to boot up the VM and install XP.
After finished installing the XP, turn off the VM and
change the
boot="dc"
to
boot="c"
in
/etc/xen/winxp
