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 Installing NetBSD/Xen is not extremely difficult, but it is more  Installing NetBSD/Xen is not extremely difficult, but it is more
 complex than a normal installation of NetBSD.  complex than a normal installation of NetBSD.
   In general, this HOWTO is occasionally overly restrictive about how
   things must be done, guiding the reader to stay on the established
   path when there are no known good reasons to stray.
   
 This HOWTO presumes a basic familiarity with the Xen system  This HOWTO presumes a basic familiarity with the Xen system
 architecture.  architecture.
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 For more details on Xen, see [](http://www.xen.org/).  For more details on Xen, see [](http://www.xen.org/).
   
 Installing Xen with NetBSD as privileged domain (dom0)  Versions of Xen and NetBSD
 ======================================================  ==========================
   
   Most of the installation concepts and instructions are independent of
   Xen version.  This section gives advice on which version to choose.
   Versions not in pkgsrc and older unsupported versions of NetBSD are
   inentionally ignored.
   
   Xen
   ---
   
   In NetBSD, xen is provided in pkgsrc, via matching pairs of packages
   xenkernel and xentools.  We will refer only to the kernel versions,
   but note that both packages must be installed together and must have
   matching versions.
   
   xenkernel3 and xenkernel33 provide Xen 3.1 and 3.3.  These no longer
   receive security patches and should not be used.
   
   xenkernel41 provides Xen 4.1.  This is no longer maintained by Xen,
   but as of 2014-12 receives backported security patches.  It is a
   reasonable although trailing-edge choice.
   
   xenkernel42 provides Xen 4.2.  This is maintained by Xen, but old as
   of 2014-12.
   
   Ideally newer versions of Xen will be added to pkgsrc.
   
   NetBSD
   ------
   
   The netbsd-5, netbsd-6, netbsd-7, and -current branches are all
   reasonable choices, with more or less the same considerations for
   non-Xen use.  Therefore, netbsd-6 is recommended as the stable version
   of the most recent release.
   
   As of NetBSD 6, a NetBSD domU will support multiple vcpus.  There is
   no SMP support for NetBSD as dom0.  (The dom0 itself doesn't really
   need SMP; the lack of support is really a problem when using a dom0 as
   a normal computer.)
   
   Recommendation
   --------------
   
   Therefore, this HOWTO recommends running xenkernel42 (and xentools42)
   and NetBSD 6 stable branch.
   
   NetBSD as a dom0
   ================
   
   NetBSD can be used as a dom0 and works very well.  The following
   sections address installation, updating NetBSD, and updating Xen.
   
   Styles of dom0 operation
   ------------------------
   
   There are two basic ways to use Xen.  The traditional method is for
   the dom0 to do absolutely nothing other than providing support to some
   number of domUs.  Such a system was probably installed for the sole
   purpose of hosting domUs, and sits in a server room on a UPS.
   
   The other way is to put Xen under a normal-usage computer, so that the
   dom0 is what the computer would have been without Xen, perhaps a
   desktop or laptop.  Then, one can run domUs at will.  Purists will
   deride this as less secure than the previous approach, and for a
   computer whose purpose is to run domUs, they are right.  But Xen and a
   dom0 (without domUs) is not meaingfully less secure than the same
   things running without Xen.  One can boot Xen or boot regular NetBSD
   alternately with little problems, simply refraining from starting the
   Xen daemons when not running Xen.
   
   Note that NetBSD as dom0 does not support multiple CPUs.  This will
   limit the performance of the Xen/dom0 workstation approach.
   
   Installation of NetBSD and Xen
   ------------------------------
   
 Note that it doesn't make sense to talk about installing a dom0 OS  Note that it doesn't make sense to talk about installing a dom0 OS
 without also installing Xen itself.  without also installing Xen itself.
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     Done.      Done.
                       
   
   Updating NetBSD in a dom0
   -------------------------
   
   This is just like updating NetBSD on bare hardware, assuming the new
   version supports the version of Xen you are running.  Generally, one
   replaces the kernel and reboots, and then overlays userland binaries
   and adjusts /etc.
   
   Note that one must update both the non-Xen kernel typically used for
   rescue purposes and the DOM0 kernel used with Xen.
   
   Updating Xen versions
   ---------------------
   
   TODO: write
   
 Creating unprivileged domains (domU)  Creating unprivileged domains (domU)
 ====================================  ====================================
   
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