Re: Which Platform?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 11:31:38 -0500
"Freidank, Kenneth" <Kenneth.Freidank%delta.com@localhost> wrote:

> I'm facing a delima.  I want to put Xen on as a production level
> server with individual domains serving the user community.  I can't
> figure out from all the posts, which NetBSD and pkgsrc xen tools
> versions would best serve my intentions.  
> 
> Anyone have recommendations on the best (most stable) platform to use
> for dom0?
> NetBSD 3.1?  pkgsrc-2006Q2?
> NetBSD current?

I'd recommend 4.0beta or -current.  -current is usually -- but not
always -- stable, but it's a moving target.
> 
> Can a higher version of NetBSD run as domU than run as dom0?  Are
> there problems mixing and matching pkgsrc versions with the NetBSD
> versions?
> 
The issue with mixing pkgsrc versions isn't compatibility, it's the
ability to compile on one VM and install on the others.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb