Re: netbsd/xen on RHEL5.2 dom0?

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

Andrew Reitz wrote:
> 
> On Oct 20, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Christoph Egger wrote:
> 
>> Andy Reitz wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am interested in installing the netbsd/xen port onto a RedHat
>>> 5.2/64-bit machine that I have access to. This machine is already
>>> running some Linux domU's. Here is some information about the Xen
>>> environment:
>>>
>>> [root@XXXXXX ~]# virsh
>>> Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal.
>>>
>>> Type:  'help' for help with commands
>>>       'quit' to quit
>>>
>>> virsh # version
>>> Compiled against library: libvir 0.3.3
>>> Using library: libvir 0.3.3
>>> Using API: Xen 3.0.1
>>> Running hypervisor: Xen 3.1.0
>>>
>>> My understanding of this version of Xen, is that if I was to perform
>>> paravirtualization of a domU host, then said host must also be running
>>> as 64-bit:
>>>
>>> http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Virtualization/chap-Virtualization-Compatibility_of_host_and_guest_combinations.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> However, in poking around, I could only find a 32-bit
>>> netbsd-XEN3_DOMU.gz kernel. For example, I looked here:
>>>
>>>  ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-4.0.1/i386/binary/kernel/
>>>
>>> I poked around on the FTP server, but couldn't find a corresponding
>>> XEN3_DOMU kernel that was compiled 64-bit (amd64). However, poking
>>> around in CVS shows that there is a config file for such a kernel:
>>>
>>> http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/?only_with_tag=MAIN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So, is the correct procedure for me to compile a 64-bit netbsd/xen
>>> kernel before I attempt to install? Can anybody give me any hints in
>>> advance as to whether-or-not NetBSD will work on the host that I have
>>> described above?
>>
>> 64-bit support has been added in -current. You can also download an
>> install iso for -current from http://www.netbsd.org/mirrors/#ftp-releng
> 
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> Thanks for the pointer. I looked on a mirror and on the master server,
> and I don't see any ISO images for current:
> 
> ncftp /pub/NetBSD/iso > pwd
>   ftp://iso.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/
> ncftp /pub/NetBSD/iso > dir
> d------r-x                Nov  3  2006   3.0.2
> d------r-x                Apr 20  2007   3.1
> d------r-x                Jan 29  2008   4.0
> d------r-x                Oct 12 13:11   4.0.1
> d------r-x                Nov 12  2006   livecd
> 
> Is it in a different path on the FTP server?
> 
> Thanks,
>     -Andy.

You are on the wrong ftp server. My URL points to releng ftp servers.
The given URLs already point to the right URL.

Christoph