-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I just did a dd of the existing linux partition (everything in a single / partition) into a flat file (though you can also use another partition(s) on the hard drive, though you will likely have to wrestle with extended and logical partions).
I just changed a few config options (ip address, hostname) on the "guest" before making it live (mount -o loop + chroot are your friends). Cheers Shawn wrote: > On Tuesday 20 December 2005 00:50, Jamie Furtner wrote: > >>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 > > > > Sounds straight forward enough, except for one part.... > > With Grub, I specify the kernel to load. Without Grub, I'm assuming the domU > kernel is the one that would be loaded? Or do I do a FULL install of a > distro including it's kernel? If so, then how do I specify the virtual host > should be loading THAT kernel? > > I feel like such a newbie, but it's good to get back to that once in a > while.. :) Thanks for the tips Jamie. > > Shawn > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDqIDlwRXgH3rKGfMRAnZcAJ9the4/XVDmLlQ0CGdX48LaitYZsQCgnWkn KlUarDJ5kgXh41T7mHW8OOc= =cLyr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
