Re: [gentoo-server] New Gentoo-Wiki Article (draft): Paravirtualizing Gentoo VMs on XenServer

[Matthew Thode]

Is there a reason you are not using the {Hardened Server [Virtualization]}
profile for grsec?
I have tested this profile on rackspace and it works (we use xen here).

-- Matthew Thode

On 7/26/11 12:07 PM, "Pandu Poluan" <Pandu@××××××.info> wrote:

>-original message-
>Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] New Gentoo-Wiki Article (draft):
>Paravirtualizing Gentoo VMs on XenServer
>From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman@×××××.com>
>Date: 2011-07-26 22:42
>
>>On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
>>> Hello list!
>>>
>>> As I've once promised, here's a (draft) of HOWTO run Gentoo VMs
>>> paravirtualized on XenServer
>>>
>>>
>>>http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/User:Pepoluan/Paravirtualized_Gentoo_VMs_
>>>on_XenServer
>>>
>>> Any inputs?
>>
>>Thanks for this, I've got a virtual server using old xen-sources
>>kernel and previous attempts to use vanilla kernel have failed. Now I
>>think I'll try my luck again with kernel 3.0 and your guide to see if
>>I can get it to boot this time... :)
>
>Glad to be of help. Two notes of caution, though:
>
>1. I forgot to specify that memory allocation (VMSPLIT) *must* be 3G/1G
>(3G for userspace, 1G for kernelspace). If not, the VM would mysteriously
>refuse to start -- without any error messages.
>
>2. I truly have no idea if my method works for 3.0. It's been tested
>thoroughlt with 2.6, though (to be precise: 2.6.38 and 2.6.39). I am
>still hesitant to use 3.0 because I saw people reporting bugs where a
>program is hard-coded to require kernel==2.6 (instead of requiring
>kernel>=2.6). IMO, it's not yet safe to tread the 3.0 waters. At least
>for another month. (As usual, YMMV)
>
>That said, feel free to point out errors. And if you fail/succeed, please
>do tell me.
>
>Happy paravirtualizing! :)
>
>
>Rgds,
>--
>FdS Pandu E Poluan
>~ IT Optimizer ~
>
>Sent from Nokia E72-1
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