Got a new laptop at work,, running Linux instead of Mac, yay! Unfortunately,
it comes with Ubuntu installed, boo! But I split the 500GB drive into two
parts, began a gentoo install in the second half, and now I am stalled.
The main purpose of the laptop is to run Centos 6.2 in a KVM image so it can
simulate production as much as possible. As much as I dislike Ubuntu, I really
only use it for terminals, Emacs, and Firefox. I ssh into the Centos image for
all that stuff. I'd love to switch Ubuntu to gentoo and set up my usual fvwm
etc instead of that awful Unity.
Unfortunately, because I have to leave that Centos image running as much as
possible, I can't take the time to reboot into the gentoo partition to finish
the install, not even on weekends or evenings. It was ok getting the initial
gentoo install started, but that was only an hour or two. I can't take the
time for a real install, there's work to do.
So it occurred to me it would be great to create a new KVM image using the
gentoo partition as is for its file system, instead of creating one out of a
file as it did for the Centos image. But I don't see any obvious options to do
that. This is my first time with KVM, and someone else set up the Centos image
using some GUI wizard.
Here be my scurvy dog question(s):
Is it possible to create a KVM image using an existing gentoo partition
(/dev/sda3) for the filesystem, such that once I get the gentoo install
finished, I can boot directly to the gentoo partition and not have to purify it
or sanitize it after KVM has meddled with it? (and how do I do this? :-)
If not, seems like the simplest workaround would be to create a KVM image from
scratch and do a complete install there, then use cp, tar, cpio, or something
similar to copy everything over to the real partition. But that sounds ugly
for some reason.
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