Hi, I have a query regarding re-usability of HVM guest images. - I used virt-manager to install the distro in a guest (named "Fedora8_HVM") using Fedora8 bootable DVD as a fully virtualized guest with a file backed block device which created a file named "Fedora8_HVM.img" - I did use the guest with VNC Server. Everything went fine. - Then I removed the guest using xm delete Fedora8_HVM.img My question is: - How do you make use of the already built image "Fedora8_HVM" in future without having to build the whole distro again? Regards .V _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Solved, I had "sda" as my boot partition in domain config. I was not aware that boot with SCSI is not supported. Used hda, now my guest boots up. On Jan 5, 2008 10:09 PM, virtual name <myvirtualmode@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > I have a query regarding re-usability of HVM guest images. > > - I used virt-manager to install the distro in a guest (named > "Fedora8_HVM") using Fedora8 bootable DVD as a fully virtualized guest with > a file backed block device which created a file named "Fedora8_HVM.img" > - I did use the guest with VNC Server. Everything went fine. > - Then I removed the guest using xm delete Fedora8_HVM.img > > My question is: > > - How do you make use of the already built image "Fedora8_HVM" in future > without having to build the whole distro again? > > Regards > > .V >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> - I used virt-manager to install the distro in a guest (named > "Fedora8_HVM") using Fedora8 bootable DVD as a fully virtualized guest with > a file backed block device which created a file named "Fedora8_HVM.img" > - I did use the guest with VNC Server. Everything went fine. > - Then I removed the guest using xm delete Fedora8_HVM.img > > My question is: > > - How do you make use of the already built image "Fedora8_HVM" in future > without having to build the whole distro again?FWIW, I have created many guests by copying the virtual disk of a previous "known good" install, creating a new config file and then booting into the new guest and tweaking the bits of per-guest config (IP config, etc) which clash with the original). Cheers, Mark -- Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat? And no pedals! Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard? Dave: Skateboards have wheels. Mark: My wheel has a wheel! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users