On Mon, December 19, 2005 11:20 pm, Shawn wrote: > On Monday 19 December 2005 23:18, Jamie Furtner wrote: > >> You're right, it the error is because the image partition is blank. >> What >> you need to do is bootstrap the image file as a new Gentoo installation >> -- >> before you start the kernel with XEN. All you've done so far is compile >> a kernel for a blank drive, you now need the rest of the OS around it. >> >> Jamie >> > > so, mount the file via loopback, treat it like the target drive during > the gentoo install, then chroot to it? Does that mean I'll have to > install grub to that partition/file too? will that work? > > Thanks for the quick response. > > > Shawn
Yup, mount it and treat it as the target of an install. Get it set up the way you want inside the chroot - including setting up the fstab correctly for XEN, then you should be good to go. You don't need to install grub - it's only relevant for booting real machines (or machines that think they're real...). It's purpose is to have enough smarts to bootstrap the kernel. With XEN you skip that and go straight to running the kernel, so you don't need to worry about that part. Jamie _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
