Installing Xen Hypervisor (I)

This is hard. I’ve downloaded the binary package of the Xen Hypervisor (available here) and I’ve started installing it. I’ve had the chance to unpack it and start fooling around and I’m noticing that this is a fine, fine piece of software. Because of that, it’s complicated and therefore it takes some work to get it going.

In January of this year XenSource (the company that makes Xen happen) reported that they raised $6 million in funding. That’s a serious approach to software. Considering the size of this project and the scope of their resources, I imagine this is going to be a show-stopping piece of software. In a couple years no powerful Linux box will be found without it.