Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by BobJensen: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Virtualization The comment on the change is: Marking FC5 Content ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ## page was renamed from Docs/Beats/Virtualisation + {{{ + Fedora Core 5 Release Notes Content is marked like this. + }}} == Virtualization == + {{{ - Virtualization in Fedora Core is based on Xen. Xen 3.0 is integrated within Fedora Core 5 in the installer. Refer to [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/Xen] for more information about Xen. + Virtualization in Fedora Core is based on Xen. Xen 3.0 is integrated within Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] in the installer. Refer to [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/Xen] for more information about Xen. - + }}} == Types of Virtualization == There are several types of virtualization: full virtualization, paravirtualization, and single kernel image virtualization. Under Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] using Xen 3.0, paravirtualization is the most common type. With VM hardware, it is also possible to implement full virtualization. @@ -18, +21 @@ *Enough hard drive space to hold each guest OS (600MB-6GB per OS) *At least 256 MB of RAM for each guest, plus at least 256 MB ram for the host - == Installing Xen, Configuring and Using Xen == - Xen must be installed on the host OS and the host OS must be booted into the Hypervisor Kernel. Fedora Core 5 includes an installation program for the guest OS that will use an existing installation tree of a paravirtualized-enabled OS to access that OS's existing installation program. Currently, Fedora Core 5 is the only available paravirtualized-enabled guest OS. Other OSs can be installed using existing images, but not through the OS's native installation program. + Xen must be installed on the host OS and the host OS must be booted into the Hypervisor Kernel. Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] includes an installation program for the guest OS that will use an existing installation tree of a paravirtualized-enabled OS to access that OS's existing installation program. Currently, Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] is the only available paravirtualized-enabled guest OS. Other OSs can be installed using existing images, but not through the OS's native installation program. - + {{{ Full instructions can be found here: [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstartFC5] || {i} '''No PowerPC Support''' || || Xen is not supported on the PowerPC architecture in Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. || + }}}
