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The Xen hypervisor, a powerful open source industry standard for
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virtualization, offers a powerful, efficient, and secure feature set for
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virtualization of x86, x86_64, IA64, ARM, and other CPU architectures. It
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supports a wide range of guest operating systems including Windows, Linux,
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Solaris, and various versions of the BSD operating systems.
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In order to run Xen, you will need to install and boot from a Xen dom0
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kernel. Check README.dom0 (in docs/dom0) for more information on how to do
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that.
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2012-08-22 11:37:24 +02:00
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mbootpack is an optional dependency (see below).
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2011-07-17 17:43:12 +02:00
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Since booting Xen kernel with LILO is not supported by default we have to
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use GRUB; alternatively, use mbootpack to create a LILO compatible kernel.
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GRUB may be installed from Slackware's extra repository. The GRUB package
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is not available from the Slackware x86_64 distribution, but the source and
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a SlackBuild may be found in its extra/source repository.
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See README.SLACKWARE (which is also installed with the package docs) for
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setup, configuration, and usage hints.
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