Archive for October, 2011
The downsides of using old servers as test beds
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Xen on October 16, 2011
I managed to forget that Xen needs a PAE enabled kernel on i686. Oops. On a related note, adding ‘noreboot’ to the Xen command line stops automatic reboots, giving you enough time to read the error message.
Upgrading to Fedora 16 Beta with yum
Posted by Kyle Lexmond in Linux, Xen on October 9, 2011
So… I saw that Fedora 16 was out in Beta. I decided to try out the supposed Xen dom0 capability, using my old 1U. It had Fedora 15 installed, but nothing on it, so I just decided to blow it all away. To start, I went and downloaded the Live CD. First problem: I grabbed […]