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[Thomas Goirand <thomas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/20/2011 01:26 AM, Joshua Harlow wrote:
> Ok but I am going through libvirt instead of xenapi since I am just
> using a debian + xen-hypervisor package.
> 
> Also going through libvirt seems to be better, since it doesn’t make
> your setup as “strongly” connected to xen.
> 
> For those using the following in debian/ubunbu would the usage of the
> xenapi still work?
> 
> ii  libxenstore3.0                       4.0.1-2
>                           Xenstore communications library for Xen
> ii  linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64       2.6.32-35
>                         Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs, Xen dom0 support
> ii  xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64             4.0.1-2
>                           The Xen Hypervisor on AMD64
> ii  xen-qemu-dm-4.0                      4.0.1-2
>                           Xen Qemu Device Model virtual machine hardware
> emulator
> ii  xen-utils-4.0                        4.0.1-2
>                           XEN administrative tools
> ii  xen-utils-common                     4.0.0-1
>                           XEN administrative tools - common files
> ii  xenstore-utils                       4.0.1-2
>                           Xenstore utilities for Xen
> 
> Since I thought xenserver was a separate product?

The support of sdX vs xvdX doesn't depend on your hypervisor, but on the
Linux kernel that you run. Please see the Squeeze release notes about it
(which I cared to write ...).

Thomas