32bit Fedora 8 with Fedora 8 Xen Kernel (2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen)

Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)>32bit Fedora 8 with Fedora 8 Xen Kernel (2.6.21.7 2.fc8xen)
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This AMI consists of a 32bit base(but far from lite) Fedora 8 install, coupled with the fedora Xen kernel(aki-9b00e5f2) and ramdisk(ari-a51cf9cc).

Details

Submitted By: Attila@AWS
US East AMI ID: ami-f51aff9c
AMI Manifest: ec2-public-images/fedora-8-i386-base-v1.06.manifest.xml
Operating System: Other
Created On: March 27, 2008 2:38 AM GMT
Last Updated: January 3, 2009 11:19 PM GMT
This AMI contains the base Fedora 8 install with updates current as of 26 March 2008, with some minor tweaks to improve performance and security in EC2.

It also boots the Fedora Xen kernel 2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen.

Specifically the tweaks are :

  • Xen friendly glibc configuration ( 'hwcap 0 nosegneg' )
  • PasswordAuthentication turned off by default in sshd_config
  • UseDNS turned off by default in sshd_config
  • Number of running daemons has been minimised
  • Automatic pull down of kernel modules via /usr/local/sbin/update-modules.sh
  • Automatic update of ec2-ami-tools via /usr/local/sbin/update-tools.sh
  • Includes yum-fastestmirror yum plugin.
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