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@@ -89,10 +89,15 @@ via ssh:: password: xendemo xendemo Once logged in, it should look just like any regular linux box. All -the usual tools and commands should work as per usual. It's probably -best to start by configuring networking, either with 'dhclient' or -manually via ifconfig and route, remembering to edit /etc/resolv.conf -if you want DNS. +the usual tools and commands should work as per usual. However, +because of the poor random access performance of CD drives, the +machine will feel rather slugish, and you may run out of memory if you +make significant modifications to the ramfs filesystem -- for the full +experience, install a Xen and XenoLinux image on you hard drive :-) + +You can configure networking, either with 'dhclient' or manually via +'ifconfig' and 'route', remembering to edit /etc/resolv.conf if you +want DNS. You can start an X server with 'startx'. It defaults to a conservative 1024x768, but you can edit the script for higher resoloutions. The CD @@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ Alternatively, you can use 'virtual disks', which are stored as files within a custom file system. "xenctl partitions add" can be used to 'format' a partition with the file system, and then virtual disks can be created with "xenctl vd create". Virtual disks can then be attached -to a running domain as a 'virtual block device' using "xenctl vdb +to a running domain as a 'virtual block device' using "xenctl vbd create". The virtual disk can optionally be partitioned (e.g. "fdisk /dev/xvda") or have a file system created on it directly (e.g. "mkfs -t ext3 /dev/xvda"). The virtual disk can then be accessed by a @@ -329,7 +334,7 @@ xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list. Installing from the CD ----------------------- +====================== If you're installing Xen/XenoLinux onto an existing linux file system distribution, just copy the Xen VMM (/boot/image.gz) and XenoLinux @@ -373,7 +378,7 @@ require a second "module" line. Installing the file systems from the CD ---------------------------------------- +======================================= If you haven't an existing Linux installation onto which you can just drop down the Xen and XenoLinux images, then the file systems on the @@ -411,7 +416,7 @@ version of the XenDemoCD (see below). Debugging ---------- +========= Xen has a set of debugging features that can be useful to try and figure out what's going on. Hit 'h' on the serial line (if you @@ -432,7 +437,7 @@ connected to a serial-port server. Description of how the XenDemoCD boots --------------------------------------- +====================================== 1. Grub is used to load Xen, a XenoLinux kernel, and an initrd (initial ram disk). [The source of the version of Grub used is in /usr/local/src] @@ -456,7 +461,7 @@ normally. Building your own version of the XenDemoCD ------------------------------------------- +========================================== The 'live ISO' version of RedHat is based heavily on Peter Anvin's SuperRescue CD version 2.1.2 and J. McDaniel's Plan-B: |