Re: using sysinst to create xen DOMUs

2015-05-19 Thread Martin Husemann
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 07:17:28AM -0600, Brook Milligan wrote: Am I misunderstanding how to make use of the partition disk options in sysinst? No, it is a bug. Martin

Re: using sysinst to create xen DOMUs

2015-05-19 Thread Brook Milligan
On May 19, 2015, at 7:22 AM, Martin Husemann wrote: No, it is a bug. OK, it is good to know that I'm not going crazy. :) I guess what you are saying is that my expectation was reasonably correct. Does the same (or related) bug apply to the setup of raidframe via sysinst? I had similar

Re: using sysinst to create xen DOMUs

2015-05-19 Thread William A. Mahaffey III
On 05/19/15 08:37, Brook Milligan wrote: On May 19, 2015, at 7:22 AM, Martin Husemann wrote: No, it is a bug. OK, it is good to know that I'm not going crazy. :) I guess what you are saying is that my expectation was reasonably correct. Does the same (or related) bug apply to the setup of

Re: using sysinst to create xen DOMUs

2015-05-19 Thread John Nemeth
On May 19, 7:17am, Brook Milligan wrote: } } Here is the problem I am having. When I run sysinst as an } unprivileged user I am selecting the utility menu - partition } a disk - vnd. Then I define a path and save the results. The } selected path and size is listed in the table but when the

Re: using sysinst to create xen DOMUs

2015-05-19 Thread Brook Milligan
On May 19, 2015, at 9:31 AM, John Nemeth wrote: Unprivileged users can't use vnconfig to create vends. Yes, but when sysinst is run as root it does even worse. If the partition a disk option is selected there is an immediate command failed error for the command dkctl wd0 delwedge dk0. It

Re: using sysinst to create xen DOMUs

2015-05-19 Thread Brook Milligan
On May 18, 2015, at 11:18 PM, John Nemeth wrote: See: http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/xen/howto/ starting at Unprivileged domains (domU). Thanks for the pointer. However, I think you misinterpreted my question; sorry not to have been clearer. I have made lots of DOMUs before, but always by

Re: using sysinst to create xen DOMUs

2015-05-18 Thread John Nemeth
On May 18, 9:14pm, Brook Milligan wrote: } } Since sysinst is installed in /usr/sbin, I am trying to use it } to create a xen DOMU on a netbsd-7 system. I am guessing that } I should be trying to create a partition on a vnd first, but I } am unclear how to get through the menus to accomplish

using sysinst to create xen DOMUs

2015-05-18 Thread Brook Milligan
Since sysinst is installed in /usr/sbin, I am trying to use it to create a xen DOMU on a netbsd-7 system. I am guessing that I should be trying to create a partition on a vnd first, but I am unclear how to get through the menus to accomplish that. Should the file for the vnd be made prior to