RE: [Xen-users] XenClient questions

["S. J. van Harmelen" <svh@xxxxxx>]

I am also struggling to understand this myself. But just to be clear, are you 
talking about the Citrix XenClient or the open source Xen Client aka XCI?

As I understand it correctly from the wiki, the XCI can be build from git and 
will then produce all files you need to setup a XCI machine (see 
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XciBuildingInstructions for more info on how 
to build and http://joshlander.com/?p=22 for more info on how to build and/or 
install XCI).

But I am also still trying to get in actually working myself, so cannot help 
you with that really.

Another way to accomplish the same result (please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm 
NOT sure about this one) can also be that you compile Xen as you always do 
(when building a Xen host that is) and then play with the pass-through options 
to pass-through the VGA e.d. But I don't know what implications that will give. 
One thing that I seems to understand is that maintenance and configuration will 
be a lot harder in this case when using it as something for you notebook or 
desktop.

So I think the first option is the way to go in your situation. But as I said, 
I'm still a newbie myself if we're talking about XCI so don't hang me if I'm 
wrong ;)

Sander

 

-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Baptiste FAVRE
Sent: vrijdag 27 november 2009 10:57
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] XenClient questions

On 27/11/2009 04:33, Tait Clarridge wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 00:04 +0100, Jean Baptiste Favre wrote:
>    
>> Hello everybody,
>> I'm trying to figure out how XenClient works. I would like to use it on
>> a Dell Latitude E6400 with plenty of memory so taht I can have both
>> Linux and Windows running at the same time.
>>
>> Does it work the same way as "classical" Xen on servers (ie with Dom0
>> and DomU) ?
>> So, in order to install it, I'll have to set up a minimal Dom0, compile
>> 32bits XenClient and then install DomU, right ?
>> For DomU installation, can I do it the same way as for servers (using
>> CDRom or PXE for example) ?
>>
>> I'm sorry if it seems too easy for you, but I'm a bit confused with that.
>>
>> Regards,
>> JB
>>
>>      
> Just took a quick glance at the citrix pages. I don't think that it is
> what you think. I believe it is a component of a centrally managed
> XenDesktop environment.
>
> If you are thinking of it as something like VirtualBox, I don't think it
> is what you are looking for.
>
> Everyone: please correct me if I am wrong :)
>    
 From what I understood, XenClient allow me to have multiple OS running 
on the same hardware with direct access to, for example, graphic cards.
It has the same working scheme Xen server has, ie a Dom0 and multiple DomU.
With XenServer, I need to install Dom0 with a fully functionnal server 
OS. In my case, I mostly use Debian. Then, I have to custom this Debian 
installation to make Xen running.

My question is: do I need to install a Dom0 like XenServer, or will 
XenClient provide all what I need to run Dom0 ?
In the second case, I'll only have to install XenClient, boot on it and 
install DomU.

For DomU installation, will I need to use PXE or CDROM based 
installation. If using CDROM, will I have a transparent access to 
physical CDROM or will I have to use a loop device with iso file ?
Regards,
JB

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