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Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]>
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Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:51:01 +1000
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On 20/07/2011 8:16 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Steven Haigh<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>> On 20/07/2011 6:54 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:
>>>
>>> 2011/7/19 Stephen John Smoogen<[log in to unmask]>:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 13:30, Justin Sandy<[log in to unmask]>
>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to install xen on 32-bit or 64-bit Scientific Linux 6?
>>>>
>>>> Probably not easily. The kernels are optimized to work with KVM. You
>>>> would need to tear out that kernel and build one for Xen and a xen
>>>> image
>>>
>>> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/RHEL6Xen4Tutorial
>>>
>>> if it breaks, you can keep both pieces ;)
>>
>> Or even easier - use the kernel&  Xen packages I build:
>> http://www.crc.id.au/xen-on-rhel6-scientific-linux-6-centos-6-howto/
>>
>> Its still in the testing phase - but I use them both on my setup without
>> issues. Bug reports welcome! :)
>
> Or install Virtualbox, or VMWare. I'm afraid that I find the KVM and
> Xen integration with the libvirt tools such as virt-manager to be not
> only confusing, but actually poor. The integration with VirtualBox is
> surprisingly good, even if its long term fate with Oracle is
> uncertain.

Thankfully, using virt-manager is optional :)

-- 
Steven Haigh

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