On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 23:42 +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > On Mon, 16 May 2011, Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> wrote: > > > There is also a cost to running old versions of packages to match the > > > kernel that you are compelled to use. > > > > > > EG if you have a RHEL5 system running as a Xen Dom0 it's probably not > > > going to be a desired upgrade option to use Debian/Squeeze. As RHEL6 > > > doesn't support Xen Dom0 and RHEL5 doesn't support a Squeeze kernel for > > > the DomU that leaves no option for a recent Xen kernel with RHEL as > > > Dom0. > > > > You are booting Squeeze using the RHEL5 2.6.18 kernels supplied in /boot > > or something like that? > > Yes, RHEL5 DomU kernel. > > > In general there is no requirement to reuse the dom0 kernel as your domU > > kernel, although I appreciate that some hosting providers may add that > > sort of requirement (or a similar requirement to use one of a blessed > > set of kernels). > > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDom0Kernels > > The above URL describes the requirements for kernels.
As Bastian points out this is for dom0 only. For domU there is http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDomUSupport > > If you administer dom0 though you can usually use the actual Squeeze > > kernel even for a RHEL5 based dom0. For example by using p[yv]grub, or > > alien to install the .deb as a .rpm or even just by extracting the > > vmlinuz file from the .deb and dropping it in /usr/local/. > > I've tried that and it didn't recognise the kernel. Nothing worked with a > Squeeze kernel without getting a Squeeze Xen kernel. > > If you have it working then please tell us the exact versions of the Xen, > RHEL, and Debian kernels in question as well as the architecture it was > running on. It's more a general principal that this sort of thing _should_ work and if it doesn't we would like to hear about the specifics. Red Hat's own documentation describes how to install PV RHEL 6 (which uses a 2.6.32 kernel like Squeeze does) on a RHEL 5 host: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization/sect-Virtualization-Installing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_5_as_a_para_virtualized_guest.html Ian. -- Ian Campbell Current Noise: Mono - Burial At Sea It is impossible for an optimist to be pleasantly surprised. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1305555777.20907.24.ca...@zakaz.uk.xensource.com
