Xen PV in HVM
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Summary
This article will explain how to set up the Xen hypervisor within a Xen HVM Guest
Process
Select Hardware
You must have a Xen HVM Compatible Processor and motherboard.
Install a Base OS
See Installing Linux.
Install the Xen Hypervisor
It is recommended that you compile from source. Refer to the version and domain0 specific documentation. An example is given below:
[root@dom0]# apt-get install gawk libssl-dev libx11-dev gettext libncurses-dev build-essential python-dev texlive-latex-base transfig tetex-extra bcc bin86 pciutils-dev git-core curl texinfo libc6-dev-i386 mercurial bridge-utils graphviz
[root@dom0]# wget http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/3.3.0/xen-3.3.0.tar.gz;
tar xzf xen-3.3.0.tar.gz;
cd xen-3.3.0
[root@dom0]# make world;
cd dist;
./install.sh;
depmod -a;
mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18.8-xen 2.6.18.8-xen;
update-grub
Create an HVM Guest
Install the Xen Hypervisor
Follow the same process as used above.
