Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-07 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/7/2017, 12:09:07 AM, Stroller wrote: > >> On 6 Oct 2017, at 15:31, Tanstaafl wrote: >> Second, do you have rc_sys defined, or are you using auto-detect (is it just commented out)? >>> >>> Just commented out. >> >> This is the one I'm worried about - how to change it back if it to

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-06 Thread Stroller
> On 6 Oct 2017, at 15:31, Tanstaafl wrote: > >>> Second, do you have rc_sys defined, or are you using auto-detect (is it >>> just commented out)? >> >> Just commented out. > > This is the one I'm worried about - how to change it back if it totally > breaks the ability to even boot. Detach th

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On Thu Oct 05 2017 18:53:37 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Stroller wrote: > I just installed Linode's Gentoo image file in a new VM, and started > using it, so the below are the defaults. Thanks Stroller, I had to somehow use my own Gentoo image when I first installed these as they didn't of

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-05 Thread Stroller
> On 5 Oct 2017, at 23:01, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Thanks very much to all who replied, two last questions for those who > are using Linodeā€¦ I've only been using Linode a couple of weeks, and I know nothing about Xen vs KVM. I just installed Linode's Gentoo image file in a new VM, and started us

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On Thu Oct 05 2017 18:01:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl wrote: > Second, do you have rc_sys defined, or are you using auto-detect (is it > just commented out)? Oh - and if I were to change this to auto-detect (comment it out), and the VM failed to boot, can I specify/change it on

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On Mon Oct 02 2017 13:30:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl wrote: > Ok, so just got the notice that Linode is discontinuing their support > for Xen, and forcing everyone to migrate their VMs to KVM. Thanks very much to all who replied, two last questions for those who are using Linod

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-04 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 1:38:46 PM CEST Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/2/2017, 11:52:21 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: > > As long as your kernel has the appropriate drivers (i.e. you didn't > > include only the virtualized Xen drivers and left most of the default > > options intact) it should boot under QEMU/KV

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-04 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday, October 2, 2017 11:17:46 PM CEST Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/2/2017, 4:03:37 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > > On 10/2/2017, 2:39:51 PM, Stroller wrote: > >>> On 2 Oct 2017, at 18:30, Tanstaafl wrote: > >>> > >>> One thing I do seem to recall is there was somewhere that I had to > >>> define Xen

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-03 Thread R0b0t1
On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 6:38 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/2/2017, 11:52:21 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: >> As long as your kernel has the appropriate drivers (i.e. you didn't >> include only the virtualized Xen drivers and left most of the default >> options intact) it should boot under QEMU/KVM or even on a

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-03 Thread victor romanchuk
On 10/03/2017 02:28 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/3/2017, 1:27:45 AM, victor romanchuk wrote: >> there are two files to change/check before migration >> >> * /etc/inittab :: console terminal (XEN PV domUs do use hvc console and >> KVM VM employ normal linux >> console) >> >> -c1:12345:/r

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/2/2017, 11:52:21 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: > As long as your kernel has the appropriate drivers (i.e. you didn't > include only the virtualized Xen drivers and left most of the default > options intact) it should boot under QEMU/KVM or even on a bare metal > system. Hmmm, something else I just reme

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/3/2017, 1:27:45 AM, victor romanchuk wrote: > there are two files to change/check before migration > > * /etc/inittab :: console terminal (XEN PV domUs do use hvc console and KVM > VM employ normal linux > console) > > -c1:12345:/respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 hvc0 linux > +c1:1

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-02 Thread victor romanchuk
hi On 10/02/2017 08:30 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > One thing I do seem to recall is there was somewhere that I had to > define Xen as the virtualization environment being used, but I can't > remember where I did that. Was that in the kernel config? If so, their > tool should (hopefully) handle that cha

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-02 Thread R0b0t1
Hello friends! On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/2/2017, 2:39:51 PM, Stroller wrote: >> >>> On 2 Oct 2017, at 18:30, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> >>> One thing I do seem to recall is there was somewhere that I had to >>> define Xen as the virtualization environment being used, bu

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/2/2017, 4:03:37 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/2/2017, 2:39:51 PM, Stroller wrote: >> >>> On 2 Oct 2017, at 18:30, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> >>> One thing I do seem to recall is there was somewhere that I had to >>> define Xen as the virtualization environment being used, but I can't >>> remember

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/2/2017, 2:39:51 PM, Stroller wrote: > >> On 2 Oct 2017, at 18:30, Tanstaafl wrote: >> >> One thing I do seem to recall is there was somewhere that I had to >> define Xen as the virtualization environment being used, but I can't >> remember where I did that. Was that in the kernel config? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-02 Thread Stroller
> On 2 Oct 2017, at 18:30, Tanstaafl wrote: > > One thing I do seem to recall is there was somewhere that I had to > define Xen as the virtualization environment being used, but I can't > remember where I did that. Was that in the kernel config? If so, their > tool should (hopefully) handle that

[gentoo-user] Linode discontinuing Xen, migrating to KVM

2017-10-02 Thread Tanstaafl
Ok, so just got the notice that Linode is discontinuing their support for Xen, and forcing everyone to migrate their VMs to KVM. Of course this comes at the worst possible time for me, when I'm out of the country, and won't be back before the deadline (the 9th). I have a week, so am trying to do