Re: [Xen-users] Most stable Xen distro?

[MS <ms@xxxxxxxxxx>]

But the 2.6.18.x dosnt support a 3Ware 9650 raid controller, and dthe 
official driver from 3ware are buggy.
So i use the Ubuntu Dom0 kernel 2.6.20 without any problems

Stephan Seitz schrieb:
> You,re right,
>
> the ubuntu xenified kernels can't be used for productive use. I don't 
> know
> why the ubuntu guys are porting to the 2.6.24. I might be wrong, but even
> on latest server hardware, Xen's 2.6.18.8 is the best choice if want to
> get rid of dom0 panics ;)
>
> Henri Cook schrieb:
> > I had *very* bad Ubuntu/Xen experiences, even with Hardy Heron. As much
> > as i'm loathe to recommend a non-debian based dist, it appears that most
> > of the happy successful users, use Redhat (fedora? possibly CentOS)
> >
> > I might be wrong, the Ubuntu packages ended up crashing my machine
> > multiple times in a day because of kernel bugs on high I/O
> >
> > Henri
> >
> > Doug Breshears wrote:
> > > Is there a consensus on which distro is the best for running a Xen 
> > > dom0?
> > > I have tried Debian Etch (Xen 3.0.3/2.4.18 kernel) but it was having
> > > problems with the domU's thinking the (virtual) hard drive was bad.
> > > I upgraded to Xen 3.2 hypervisor and tools (Using Etch Backports) and
> > > that helped quite a bit (errors are not fatal but still there) but
> > > this left the kernel untouched and I assumed that it would be best to
> > > get a kernel compiled with the same version of hypervisor you are 
> > > using.
> > > I then tried Ubuntu Gutsy (Xen 3.1/2.6.22 kernel) but the domU guests
> > > hang while booting.
> I assume, you've only checked via xm console?
> You might want to add
>
> extra='xencons=tty1'
>
> in your domU config to get a shell.
>
>
> If you want to stay with ubuntu/gutsy:
>
> I've recently setup a small repository which contains Xen3.2.0 for 
> gutsy/amd64
> at http://boreas.netz-haut.net/
>
> You might also want to try 2.6.18.8 (running on different boxes w/ no 
> problems)
> http://boreas.netz-haut.net/pub/kernelpack-2.6.18.8-xen.tar.gz
>
> cheers
>
> Stephan
>
>
>
>
> > > I would prefer a Debian Etch dom0 but will go with whatever works best.
> > >
> > > So to clarify.. Is there a Xen distro package / Kernel package
> > > combination that works best?
> > > I would consider compiling from scratch but I am not sure that would
> > > do any better.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > > Thanks.
> > >
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