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I need to install Xen 4.1
I am trying to install xen but as I use the directions at below web site I have not been successful so far :
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen
can anyone help me ???
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Ubuntu 12.04 as pv guests
i am trying to install ubuntu 12.04 64 as para virt guest on xen.
downloaded ram disk and kernel and specified in ubuntu.cfg
kernel = "/var/lib/xen/images/vmlinuz"
ramdisk = ...
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Can PXE be used to logon to VM
Can I use PXE to boot a thin/fat client directly into a running VM. My plan is to have my server running the VMs (Windows and ubuntu machines)in XEN or KVM I need for the Family to use and have some ...
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How to setup non-local bridged network for Xen?
I've had an absolute nightmare the past 5 days trying to set up the proper bridged networking for Xen. I've tried so many guides and all have failed to provide a solution for my specific question.
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/etc/network/interfaces ignored
I've been searching the internet for the last 2 hours and can't seem to find a solution to the following problem.
I just installed Xen in a fresh Xubuntu 13.04 and in order to setup the networking, I ...
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permission problems with LVM and xen
I have xen installed with dom0 as ubutnu server 12.04. after creating a a logical volume using lvcreate, it is no longer accessible to me. if I try, for example, to delete it I get "One or more ...
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start of a xen client results in Invalid kernal error
I have setup a xen server on Ubuntu 12.10.
xm list works fine.
root@xen1:~# xm list
Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s)
Domain-0 ...
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Virtualization on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
We plan to introduce virtualization on our 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server so that we can run, in different VMs, a file server for our staff and some development machines for our IT team (code ...
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Xen 4.2.1 does not work well with kernel 3.5.0
I have a Ubuntu 12.04.2 system but whenever I boot Xen 4.2.0 with 3.5.0 kernel I run into a weird issue. I get as far as the Ubuntu desktop but then using the keyboard or the touchpad causes random ...
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How to install Xencenter on Ubuntu 12.10
I want to install Xencenter on Ubuntu 12.10. I've tried a lot of solutions, even Wine, but no luck this far. How do I install Xenceter on Ubuntu 12.10?
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How to create xen pv iso of ubuntu 12.04
Currently i am running xen pv ubuntu 12.04 instance which i installed after downloading
kernel (vmlinuz) and ram disk (initrd.gz)
and then specified this in a file and Complete os got installed ...
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Setting up Xen VGA Passthrough With Two Different Video Card
While I have learned that you must use two different video cards to utilize Xen's VGA Passthrough, I am curious if you can do this with different video cards from the same manufacturer. Specifically, ...
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After upgrading a VM to 12.04 my eth0 MAC is all zeroes
I did a series of upgrades from 10.04 to 12.04 on a VM under Xen virtualisation. Now for some reason eth0 won't start up, ifconfig says mac address is 00:00:00:00:00:00, I've tried setting the address ...
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Install Xen Hypervisor from Source on Ubuntu 10.04 server
I'm trying to install Xen Hypervisor 4.2.1 from source on a server running Ubuntu 10.04 server (on which I connect via ssh).
I compiled successfully but I can't find out how to configure grub ...
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“(XEN) Not enough memory to relocate the dom0 Kernel image” (not iSCSI/HBA issue)
I'm trying to isntall Xen on ubuntu 12.04 LTS for the first time (running on blade server, 8GB ram, without the naughty iscsi controller, running LSISAS1064E)
I've followed the official ubuntu ...
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xen daemon: Error creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!
I am trying to create a VM with the following command
virsh -c 'xen+unix:///' create /tmp/z2c.xml
but I get the following error:
error: Failed to create domain from /tmp/z2c.xml
error: POST ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 Black Screen during xen vm cloning
I am using Ubuntu server 11.10,with xen hypervisor 4.1. Beside this I have installed Libvirt-0.9.2. All things working perfectly. But some time while using virt-install or virt-clone during the ...
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ubuntu 12.04LTS libvirt no conenction driver available
I am trying to setup a vm using xen under ubuntu 12.04LTS. I have installed the default libvirt version but I have some errors when trying to run:
$ virsh -c <uri> list
the errors are:
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Xen - install fully paravirtualized Ubuntu - no virtual kernel in bootloader
I followed this guide:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen
I managed to get 99% the way through it, but it appears the xen-netboot image doesnt install a virtual kernel (it says 'generic' at the end ...
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ubuntu 10.04 xen default version
What is the default xen version from ubuntu 10.04?
The idea is that I need an ubuntu version where I can install with no problems xen 3.x.
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How do I set up a xen bridge?
I have been reading various pages on how to set up the network for xen. Unfortunately, none of them actually have a full example config. They clearly show what the xenbr0 section should look like, but ...
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Xen bridging on 12.10
I have been trying to follow the guidance on using Xen from Ubuntu. When setting up the bridging I followed the notes but when I restart the network my windows change and I get a recurring error ...
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Convert existing Ubuntu desktop 12.10 installation to have Xen Guest Support
It looks like previous versions of Ubuntu had a package called linux-ec2 that would install a kernel with Xen Guest support. I was unable to find any packages in specifically 12.10 that install a ...
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ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 “Unable to find medium containing a live file system”
When installing ubuntu via xen i get
Unable to find medium containing a live file system
i go the iso from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
and have been following this tuorial
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Ubuntu 12.04 as Xen Dom0 with GUI
i will create a homeserver with Xen who has a graphical user interface (for watching tv, browse the internet etc).
The problem is, if i install xen after my Ubuntu Desktop install, my (dom0) Ubuntu ...
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Creating block devices for openstack deployment using MAAS and juju (nova-volume deployment)
I'm currently trying to get a openstack deployment working by using MAAS with 9 nodes and juju. To do this I found this guide, working with ubuntu 12.04 LTS and followed it as good as I can.
After a ...
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Why doesn't LightDM always doesn't start under XEN
When I use XEN on Ubuntu (12.10), I have a problem that lightdm sometimes doesn't start when I boot up, I have to log in on the TTY and use sudo service lightdm restart, sometimes several times. Some ...
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Debootstrap chroot Installation Error
During initial installation (using both Network installation and CD ISO) of Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS (64-bit) as a guest VM on XenServer 6.1 I'm getting this error:
Debootstrap warning
Warning: ...
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Ubuntu Server 12 not spawning a serial ttyS0 when running on Xen
I have this problem on more than one host, so the specific hardware is not an issue.
Bare metal Ubuntu 12 is not creating a login process on the only serial port, in the default configuration. The ...
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Blinking Cursor when Booting into Xen 4.1 with 3.2.0-32-generic Kernel
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 onto a machine with an AMD Athlon II x4 620 cpu, Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H motherboard, and 16 GB of RAM. 12.04 boots fine with the 3.2.0-29-generic and 3.2.0-32-generic ...
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Memory management in Xen
I understand that xen allocates all the physical memory requirement of the guest when started. Also it maintain a shadowing page table (I'm assuming it uses struct page_info to maintain this. Am I ...
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Why does ubuntu server switch to standby when using the xen kernel?
Question: I have a Linux server, which runs Ubuntu 12.04.
I installed Xen-server and paravirtualized an Ubuntu 12.10 as guest machine.
Bridged the network, and so far, it worked fine (after much ...
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How do I auto-start Xen guests on boot?
I have just upgraded to Ubuntu Server 12.04 and permanently run a Xen guest.
We have migrated to the xl toolstack for Xen (from xm) as suggested which unlike xm does not have support for managed ...
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I want to install Xen to run Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 at the same time but I can't find any good tutorials
I'm wanting to use Xen Hypervisor to be able to run both Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 at the same time using virtualization. I can find plenty of XCP tutorials but I'm not looking to install the cloud ...
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Xen keeps making the time wrong on a Windows guest
Just upgraded our Ubuntu Server to 12.04.1 LTS. It runs a Xen VM, which is Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.
We are using the xl toolchain for Xen.
We are in the UK, which is currently GMT+1 (BST).
The ...
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How to limit xen dom0 RAM to a certain amount?
How to limit xen dom0 RAM to a certain amount?
When there was grub1 and a grub.cfg, I knew how, just add to the kernel options there.
Now I have no clue. I have tried setting ...
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xend ERROR POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: <Fault 3:>
I am trying to install and setup xen in ubuntu 12.04 arch i686. I have followed the steps mentioned in the following link:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen
I have isntalled xen and followed ...
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Can't boot --> PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Question:
I recently installed Xen (paravirtualization) on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine.
Ubuntu 12.04 worked excellently before, but afterwards, the trouble started.
The laptop crashed every time I ...
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gvnccapture- Installation
I want to capture virtual machine screenshot. I have installed xen hypervisor and I am controlling my virtual machines using libvirt-php API. It has a function:
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Xorg and Virtualbox break after installing Xen
I installed XEN using these instructions
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen
Now when I rebooted virtualbox doesnt work, X doesnt work, lightdm doesnt work
How can I set it back to how it was ...
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Download softwares along with dependancy
I am trying to download xen hypervisor so that when ever Internet isn't available I can install it. I am using this:
sudo apt-get download xen-hypervisor-4.1-i386
This will create a .deb file. But ...
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What is the “/dev/xvda1” device?
When I type mount on the root of my Ubuntu system I get the output
/dev/xvdal on / type ext4 (rw,noatime)
I want to know what is the meaning of /dev/xvdal in this?
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Libvirt-php Creating Domain
Could you tell me how to create a new domain?
From PHP API Reference guide: http://libvirt.org/php/api-reference.html
I have seen these functions:
(i) libvirt_image_create($conn, $name, $size, ...
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Bridging: Loosing WLAN network connection with 4addr on option - Why?
Question:
For use with my Xen VM, I need to create a virtual network interface (vif) that is bridged to wlan0.
If in /etc/network/interfaces I add
auto xenbr0
iface xenbr0 inet dhcp
And ...
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Is there a better paravirtualization solution than Xen?
Question:
I want to run a (para) virtual machine on my Linux console server.
Catch-22 is that the processor does not support VTX/AMDv, so I have to use para virtualization instead of normal/hardware ...
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How do I configure networking when using XEN on 12.04 Server
I'm following this guide, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XenProposed, and I'd like to setup a static IP address, but I don't know how. I'm using 12.04 Server.
This is the step I'm having trouble ...
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How change what kernel boots Ubuntu XEN VPS?
I have a VPS running Ubuntu server 12.04. A while ago, my host installed an alternative kernel (one of Amazon's EC2 kernels) to fix a boot issue I was having. Now, 2 Ubuntu releases later, this kernel ...
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How to set up bridged networking in Xen?
I have 2 domU virtual machines installed on a 11.10 Oneiric Dom0. My internal network is on the 192.168.1 subnet, and when the domU's start, they get ips on the 192.168.122 subnet. I have attempted to ...
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Why do I get disk I/O errors booting the 3.2 kernel on a xen vps server?
I have a xen vps, which I just upgraded to the new LTS 12 Precise Pangolin.
However, I see this error on booting:
[ 12.848076] end_request: I/O error, dev xvda, sector 12841
[ 12.848093] ...
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Xen 4.1 + NVidia driver = Unity has no window decorations [closed]
I am running Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity. I installed XEN and booted its kernel. The machine booted normally. However, when I started Unity (3D), there were no window decorations.
I tried Unity 2D and ...
