Hello! I have installed the xen0 domain on a debian box, and looking for a simple way to install different rpm based (red hat clones) distro as guest os. so this question might be slightly OT but should be interesting for the most xen users. regards sven _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Sven Sternberger wrote:> Hello! > > I have installed the xen0 domain on a debian box, and looking > for a simple way to install different rpm based (red hat clones) > distro as guest os. so this question might be slightly OT but should > be interesting for the most xen users.Have you tried booting a domU to an install root disk? (I tried this with Slackware but I think I had other issues at the time.) You could also try mounting an install iso, copying it to a scratch partion, and using that as a base to install from. (Boot a domU with that partition as root, install against another partition.) -- Andrew Thompson http://aktzero.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi, The best way to install a guest os is with rpmstrap. Download it from: http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/ The basic use is this: rpmstrap --verbose centos4 /place/to/install That will install centos4 for you. Other distro''s besides centos4 are also supported. After that you can chroot in and create an fstab, after that run MAKEDEV null console zero in the /dev/ directory as you will need those to boot the system. Hope that helps. -Mike Andrew Thompson wrote:> Sven Sternberger wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> I have installed the xen0 domain on a debian box, and looking >> for a simple way to install different rpm based (red hat clones) >> distro as guest os. so this question might be slightly OT but should >> be interesting for the most xen users. > > > Have you tried booting a domU to an install root disk? (I tried this > with Slackware but I think I had other issues at the time.) > > > You could also try mounting an install iso, copying it to a scratch > partion, and using that as a base to install from. (Boot a domU with > that partition as root, install against another partition.) > >_______________________________________________ >Xen-users mailing list >Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 5/24/05, Michael Warner <admin@u2mike.com> wrote:> Hi, > > The best way to install a guest os is with rpmstrap. Download it from: > http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/ The basic use is this: > > rpmstrap --verbose centos4 /place/to/install > > That will install centos4 for you. Other distro''s besides centos4 are > also supported. After that you can chroot in and create an fstab, after > that run > > MAKEDEV null console zero > > in the /dev/ directory as you will need those to boot the system. > > Hope that helps. > > -Mike > > > Andrew Thompson wrote: > > > Sven Sternberger wrote: > > > >> Hello! > >> > >> I have installed the xen0 domain on a debian box, and looking > >> for a simple way to install different rpm based (red hat clones) > >> distro as guest os. so this question might be slightly OT but should > >> be interesting for the most xen users. > > > > > > Have you tried booting a domU to an install root disk? (I tried this > > with Slackware but I think I had other issues at the time.) > > > > > > You could also try mounting an install iso, copying it to a scratch > > partion, and using that as a base to install from. (Boot a domU with > > that partition as root, install against another partition.) > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Xen-users mailing list > >Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > >http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >Pls, have a look at this thread: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2005-05/msg00414.html -- Bye, Fernando Maior LPIC/1 31908 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users