On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Jens Riboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Please, forgive me if I'm chiming in, missing the point. > > I just want to comment on the fragment below. >>> This gave me hope regarding being able to build and use vm's but >>> it seems the page presupposes a considerable amount of >>> understanding I don't have. > > I recently found myself in the same situation, and had to spend some > amount of time figuring out how to make it tick. Eventually, I got kvm and > networking ticking and decided to write about my findings. > * http://www.ribomation.com/2008/09/23/virtualization-ubuntu/ > * > http://www.ribomation.com/2008/11/20/convenient-installation-of-ubuntu-kvm/
These pages have good information, but the first, longer document seems to describe procedures which are not required if using vmbuilder. > > Perhaps, the first entry can be of some help for people starting fresh with > virtualization. > > Best regards, > /jens > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Kent Tenney > Skickat: den 2 december 2008 16:02 > Till: Dave Walker > Kopia: [email protected] > Ämne: Re: vmbuilder questions > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Kent Tenney wrote: >>> >>> I made the changes you recommend, still no bridging. >>> When I do >>> $ sudo kvm disk0.qcow2 >>> >>> >> Hi Kent, >> >> Is this really the best way to start the virtual machine? > > I haven't a clue. > It produces a window which displays a machine boot sequence, > which is what I expect to see. There's clearly large gaps in my > understanding of what's going on. The sequence described at > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JeOSVMBuilder > > "This page aims at documenting how to a create virtual > appliance using Ubuntu Server Edition's JeOS and vmbuilder." > > This gave me hope regarding being able to build and use vm's but > it seems the page presupposes a considerable amount of > understanding I don't have. > >> You aren't >> passing any parameters, other than the actual img/qcow2 to use. >> Wouldn't it be better to launch it via "virsh", using the .cfg file that >> the vmbuilder generated? > > Where would I find that file? > (the .cfg file I quoted above is one I wrote according to instructions on > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JeOSVMBuilder) > >> >> Once inside virsh: >> "create /path/to/image.cfg" >> >> The the network settings you have set out will be applied to KVM as >> parameters. (Unless you want to use routed networking, which doesn't >> work right IMO) >> >> Kind Regards, >> Dave Walker > > > >> > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
