[Users] openvz and SuSE

[Daniel Bauer]

Hi Kir,

From: "Kir Kolyshkin" <kir at openvz.org>
> Which suse version do you have?


9.3 or 10.0, I prefer 9.3, the VPS should be SuSE 9.3


> Specifically, we do not currently provide suse rpms, but the ones made 
> for redhat should be OK. Latest vzctl (an utility to control VPSs) 
> version that fixes initscript to work with SuSE will be released today 
> or tomorrow.
>
> As for the suse VPS, there is a opensuse-10 precreated VPS template 
> available. Unfortunately for its networking to work it requires some 
> stuff from kernel (sysfs support from inside a VPS), and this is off 
> by default in our kernel. The situation will be fixed with the release 
> of 068 (or later) kernel there sysfs can be turned on/off per VPS. For 
> now, you need to change one config setting and recompile the kernel to 
> get opensuse-10 template working.
>
> Our future plans include releasing a custom kernel which is basically 
> SuSE kernel (all the SuSE patches and stuff) with OpenVZ functionality 
> added. We will also be creating more suse templates.


so is it possible to patch a 9.3 kernel with the sources of OpenVZ for 
the host and build templates von 9.3 for the clients?

Daniel