Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Tomas Mozes tomas.mo...@shmu.sk writes: On 2014-12-04 02:14, lee wrote: Hi, I'd like to give Gentoo a try and want to install it in a xen VM. The server is otherwise running Debian. What would be the best way to do this? Either you can run a virtual machine using paravirtualization (PV)

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Vladimir Romanov bluebo...@gmail.com writes: Well, what's the problem? When i do this, then i just install debian, xen kernel, then create some config, download gentoo install cd, run it, and follow the handbook. How do you run the installer CD in a PV VM? It's not like you could just boot

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Tomas Mozes
On 2014-12-04 11:08, lee wrote: Tomas Mozes tomas.mo...@shmu.sk writes: On 2014-12-04 02:14, lee wrote: Hi, I'd like to give Gentoo a try and want to install it in a xen VM. The server is otherwise running Debian. What would be the best way to do this? Either you can run a virtual

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:09 AM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Vladimir Romanov bluebo...@gmail.com writes: Well, what's the problem? When i do this, then i just install debian, xen kernel, then create some config, download gentoo install cd, run it, and follow the handbook. How do you run the

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Michael Vetter
Maybe you need to pass the resume-partition parameter to the kernel in the bootloader. Point it to your swap device. Maybe I should add: I have EFI notebook, and my kernel is copied to /boot/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. So I boot over that EFI thing because it seemed the easiest thing to set up.. b)

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 4 December 2014 17:30:28 CET, Michael Vetter michael.vet...@uni-konstanz.de wrote: Maybe you need to pass the resume-partition parameter to the kernel in the bootloader. Point it to your swap device. Maybe I should add: I have EFI notebook, and my kernel is copied to

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Michael Vetter
Did you try suspending using the echo command I mentioned earlier? Yes, it seemed to work (just starting up again didn't). You can set the resume partition in the kernel. Might be an option. Okay, so I changed my kernel command string from root=/dev/sdb2 to

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Randolph Maaßen
2014-12-04 17:58 GMT+01:00 Michael Vetter michael.vet...@uni-konstanz.de: Did you try suspending using the echo command I mentioned earlier? Yes, it seemed to work (just starting up again didn't). You can set the resume partition in the kernel. Might be an option. Okay, so I changed my kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Michael Vetter
Am 04/12/14 18:10, schrieb Randolph Maaßen: 2014-12-04 17:58 GMT+01:00 Michael Vetter michael.vet...@uni-konstanz.de: Did you try suspending using the echo command I mentioned earlier? Yes, it seemed to work (just starting up again didn't). You can set the resume partition in the kernel.

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Tomas Mozes tomas.mo...@shmu.sk writes: On 2014-12-04 11:08, lee wrote: Tomas Mozes tomas.mo...@shmu.sk writes: On 2014-12-04 02:14, lee wrote: Hi, I'd like to give Gentoo a try and want to install it in a xen VM. The server is otherwise running Debian. What would be the best way to do

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Tomas Mozes tomas.mo...@shmu.sk writes: The kernel is not in stage3, you have to compile it yourself (or download from somewhere). When you have the kernel image binary, the xen configuration for the host can be simple as: Compile

[gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread Joseph
I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7 shares (folder) via samba on Linux. I think, I need to enable CONFIG_NTFS_FS in kernel? In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel as well, am I correct? -- Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 4 December 2014 18:32:16 CET, Michael Vetter michael.vet...@uni-konstanz.de wrote: Am 04/12/14 18:10, schrieb Randolph Maaßen: 2014-12-04 17:58 GMT+01:00 Michael Vetter michael.vet...@uni-konstanz.de: Did you try suspending using the echo command I mentioned earlier? Yes, it seemed to work

Re: [gentoo-user] automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread Alex Brandt
Hey James, I've removed the original content for length but I love the ideas you've put together for an overarching testing strategy. I've begun work on a small ebuild testing framework, etest [1], that I believe fits into your model quite well. It uses docker images for isolation and

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread thegeezer
On 04/12/14 18:49, Joseph wrote: I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7 shares (folder) via samba on Linux. I think, I need to enable CONFIG_NTFS_FS in kernel? no just cifs In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel as well, am I

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread Joseph
On 12/04/14 19:15, thegeezer wrote: On 04/12/14 18:49, Joseph wrote: I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7 shares (folder) via samba on Linux. I think, I need to enable CONFIG_NTFS_FS in kernel? no just cifs In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 4 December 2014 19:49:35 CET, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7 shares (folder) via samba on Linux. I think, I need to enable CONFIG_NTFS_FS in kernel? No. CIFS and install Samba. In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I

Re: [gentoo-user] automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 12/04/2014 02:02 PM, Alex Brandt wrote: Hey James, I've removed the original content for length but I love the ideas you've put together for an overarching testing strategy. I've begun work on a small ebuild testing framework, etest [1], that I believe fits into your model quite well.

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:15:07 +, thegeezer wrote: In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel as well, am I correct? yes You're probably better off not using the in-kernel NTFS and using ntfs-3g instead, which also includes mkfs.ntfs. You can't format a

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org writes: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:09 AM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Vladimir Romanov bluebo...@gmail.com writes: Well, what's the problem? When i do this, then i just install debian, xen kernel, then create some config, download gentoo install cd, run it, and

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org writes: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Tomas Mozes tomas.mo...@shmu.sk writes: The kernel is not in stage3, you have to compile it yourself (or download from somewhere). When you have the kernel image binary, the xen configuration

[gentoo-user] Re: automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread James
Alec Ten Harmsel alec at alectenharmsel.com writes: an automated fashion. It's also extremely alpha and I find new issues every time I use it. alpha is my middle name. That all being said I would love feedback and if anyone is brave enough to use it I would love to start

Re: [gentoo-user] automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel a...@alectenharmsel.com wrote: It'd be cool if Gentoo had some sort of automated workflow (with Jenkins, buildbot, whatever) like this: 1. Receive pull request 2. Detect changed ebuild 3. test ebuild with etest This will take a lot of work

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Marc Stürmer
Am 04.12.2014 um 17:30 schrieb Michael Vetter: Yes, thats what I want to achive. The sad thing about hibernation is, that it has always kinda been some kind of lackluster in the kernel and quite disappointing. It is a kind of area which does not get much love in the kernel for at least over

Re: [gentoo-user] automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 12/04/2014 04:08 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel a...@alectenharmsel.com wrote: It'd be cool if Gentoo had some sort of automated workflow (with Jenkins, buildbot, whatever) like this: 1. Receive pull request 2. Detect changed ebuild 3. test

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:39 PM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org writes: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Tomas Mozes tomas.mo...@shmu.sk writes: The kernel is not in stage3, you have to compile it yourself (or download from somewhere).

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:30 PM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org writes: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:09 AM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Vladimir Romanov bluebo...@gmail.com writes: Well, what's the problem? When i do this, then i just install debian, xen kernel, then

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org writes: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:39 PM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org writes: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, lee l...@yagibdah.de wrote: Tomas Mozes tomas.mo...@shmu.sk writes: The kernel is not in stage3, you have to compile it