Hello,
I used a ScienticLinux 5.0 distro (mimics RedHat 5.0 but merged the
Server
and Enterprise versions) in a x86_64 arch. I ran into a problem,
because while I can have X in the normal kernel, the Xen kernel, when I
boot in dom0 is in text mode and can't load the Nvidia module. This is
because Nvidia does not support Xen. There seems to be some patches for
other distros (Suse, freeBSD) but I am afraid those might not work here
... anyway I want to avoid this.
Also I was forced to install the OS in text mode, because the graphics
card did not work out of the box with the distro. For what I want to do
now, it is not essential to have a 3D graphics
card. I want to have a dom0 for administration and to launch Linux as
guests to create a virtual cluster (but where X should perform well in
the guests).
The machine's Motherboard is Intel S5000XVNSATA and I have PCIe
slots available. The
question are:
1) Could someone please provide details about currently available graphic
cards (PCIe) that work under Xen, kernel 2.1.18 (SL, RedHat) and x86_64
out of the box, so I could use X in both dom0 and domUs?
2) Is there a way that I could have both graphic cards installed so I
could use the more powerful one when I boot with the normal kernel and
the new one for Xen+X, when booting under the Xen kernel?
Regarding question 2), note that what I want to do is slightly
different from
what was discussed in the forum earlier. That is only 1 card
would be used for each booting configuration (but both would be
physically in the system)
Thank you.
Regards,
Luis
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