On Sunday 02 October 2005 08:31 am, Christian Heim wrote: > On Sunday 02 October 2005 13:59, Chuck wrote: > > I guess my question is more than one :) . > > > > 1. is the stop bug fixed > Yes, in the latest baselayout-vserver they're fixed. > That means you've currently to do the following inside your guests: > # echo '=sys-apps/baselayout-vserver-1.11.13-r1 ~x86 \ > >> /etc/portage/package.keywords' > # CONFIG_PROTECT="-*" emerge -u baselayout-vserver > > after that, your guest should now be stopping fine > > > 2. if so what are the latest versions of the above? > * latest kernel patch is at 2.1.0_rc2 (IIRC) > - for Gentoo that is =vserver-sources-2.1.0_rc2 (~x86) > incorporating kernel-2.6.13.2 and vs2.1.0_rc2 > > * util-vserver-0.30.208 (are the latest) > - for Gentoo that is =util-vserver-0.30.208-r3 (~x86) > > * baselayout for the guests is currently at > - =baselayout-vserver-1.11.13-r1 (~x86) > - =baselayout-vserver-1.12.0_pre8 (~x86) > > Depends if you like to use the 1.12.0 stuff or the old ones >
thank you! will upgrade everything i can now, then when i prep 'bertha' ill just do all the existing guests from scratch again. i have no clue whether im using 1.11.13 or 1.12.0.. the base layout was included in the stage 3 i got from hollow's site several weeks ago. have no clue what the differences are. > > 3. what is my best approach for least production problems in > > creating a template? > > a. find an updated stage3 that includes latest base layout > > b. make the template from the latest stage1 vserver build and > > use the latest base layout with that and just build the thing > > from scratch? > > Depends on the following: > * how bleeding-edge you would like to be > * if you need some customizations (like 64-bit guests) > > The stage-tarballs will be renewed > * every half year > * if a new baselayout-vserver went stable > > If I were you, I would go for the template from scratch. > i need reliability more than 'bleeding edge' however i do need things like exec inside a guest from host and abilities to flag various hosts to autostart and things like that. we have no 64 bit guests or hosts so ... > > -- > Christian Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gentoo Linux Developer (VServer) > -- Chuck _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [email protected] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
