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[[!meta title="Xen HowTo"]] |
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Xen is a Type 1 hypervisor which supports running multiple guest operating |
Xen is a Type 1 hypervisor which supports running multiple guest operating |
systems on a single physical machine. One uses the Xen kernel to control the |
systems on a single physical machine. One uses the Xen kernel to control the |
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installing software from pkgsrc. See also the [Xen |
installing software from pkgsrc. See also the [Xen |
website](http://www.xenproject.org/). |
website](http://www.xenproject.org/). |
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This document also provides status on what Xen things work on NetBSD |
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(upstream documentation might say something works if it works on some |
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# Overview |
# Overview |
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There is not type line; that implicitly defines a pv domU. Otherwise, |
There is not type line; that implicitly defines a pv domU. Otherwise, |
one sets type to the lower-case version of the domU type in the table |
one sets type to the lower-case version of the domU type in the table |
above, e.g. `type = "hvm"`. |
above, e.g. `type = "hvm"`. |
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By convention, domain config files are kept in `/usr/pkg/etc/xen`. Note |
By convention, domain config files are kept in `/usr/pkg/etc/xen`. Note |
that "xl create" takes the name of a config file, while other commands |
that "xl create" takes the name of a config file, while other commands |