Not sure about Debian, but I know Ubuntu isn’t ideal for Xen any
more because of the presence of GRUB2 – the new boot loader doesn’t support
passing certain command lines and the current multiboot implementation breaks
the method Xen uses to load the Dom0 kernel – you can’t use Ubuntu 9.10 Server
with Xen. Fedora doesn’t ship with a working Xen Dom0 kernel in its
repositories, though I believe it may be possible to compile one yourself.
Personally, I use CentOS as our Dom0 (and DomU, mostly) OS and
have run into very few issues. Installing Xen is as simple as using Yum...it’s
an ideal place to start, plus the community is huge so it’s easy to diagnose
issues and get advice from fellow users.
Hope this helps,
Luke.
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paolo
Rivetti
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Subject: [Xen-users] Preferred DISTRO
I have to create a system
based on Xen virtualization. I entrust myself those who have experience in
the field.
What is the preferred distribution to install Xen
hypervisor? Debian, CentOS,
Fedora, Ubuntu?
Installing a distribution on
x86_64 Xen hypervisor (dom0), you can install a PV guest with x86 architecture
(domU), not HVM?
