Re: Xen 2.0 howto

[Christian Limpach <chris%pin.lu@localhost>]

> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Dick Davies wrote:
> > I see the latest preview xen cd ships with netbsd (along with freebsd
and
> > linux), really feels like it's starting to get much more accessible (to
> > noobs like me who know barely enough to be dangerous)..
>
> Do you have an URL for these CDs? May be nice to link to them...
> (and I'd love to play with them :)

See message below.  Current version is beta2, please don't link to it until
it's released and hosted on a different server...
If anybody feels like making the NetBSD experience nicer, please do so!
Only constraint is that compressed file system image size has to be the same
since there's no space left on the CD.

     christian

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt%cl.cam.ac.uk@localhost>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:58:56 -0000
Subject: [Xen-devel] RE: Graphical demo CD beta
To: xen-devel <xen-devel%lists.sourceforge.net@localhost>
Cc: ian.pratt%cl.cam.ac.uk@localhost



Folks,

There's a beta-2 version of the graphical demo CD for you to try out --
feedback and suggestions greatly appreciated.

This version features Debian Sarge Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD and NetBSD,
all on one CD!
It uses Xvnc so that when you start another VM you get its Xserver
appearing in a window on the host.

The temporary URL is as follows:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/netos/xen/downloads/xendemo-2.0-beta2.iso

md5sum f449418a0bd00b3ec0444d54445d67a6
Size 727257088 bytes

If the feedback is positive we'll hopefully move to an official release
candidate within the week.

Full credit goes to Tim Deegan, plus Christian for the NetBSD rootfs.

Best,
Ian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Pratt [mailto:m+Ian.Pratt%cl.cam.ac.uk@localhost]
> Sent: 03 March 2005 14:32
> To: xen-devel
> Cc: Jared Rhine; ian.pratt%cl.cam.ac.uk@localhost
> Subject: Graphical demo CD beta
>
>
>
> Folks,
>
> Jared Rhine has done a great job producing a text-based demo
> CD for Xen,
> but we've been getting quite a few requests for a graphical demo, like
> we used to have for the Xen 1.0 and 1.2 releases.
>
> Tim Deegan very kindly volunteered to produce one, and it's now ready
> for some external beta testing. It's Debian based, and enables you to
> start linux 2.4, linux 2.6, and FreeBSD-based virtual
> machines. We want
> to get NetBSD on there too for the final version (in grateful
> recognition of NetBSD's early adoptance of Xen), but have
> just been too
> busy so far.
>
> It would be great if a few people could download the CD, test it on a
> bunch of hardware, and provide feedback and suggestions as to how to
> improve it.
>
> This isn't the final version, so please don't submit any articles to
> Slashdot etc as until it goes on Sourceforge we won't be able
> to handle
> the bandwidth (and each download will cost us real money!)
>
> It's our intention to link to the final version of the CD along side
> Jared's on the Xen community web pages. Jared's CD is certainly a much
> better choice if you care about download size and don't need
> a graphical
> environment.
>
> Here's the CD:
>  http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/netos/xen/downloads/xendemo-2.0-beta1.iso
>
> Thanks go to Tim Deegan for a great job.
>
> Best,
> Ian
>

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