Xen users - Jan 2010 - Building an Ubuntu LTS domU image on a CentOS 5.4 dom0

I am trying to create minimal Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.10 server images from
within a CentOS dom0 and I am struggling.

Is it better to install a copy of Ubuntu locally and create an image with
debootstrap?


Thanks,

Matt.


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On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Matthew Law <matt@webcontracts.co.uk>
wrote:
> I am trying to create minimal Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.10 server images from
> within a CentOS dom0 and I am struggling.
>
> Is it better to install a copy of Ubuntu locally and create an image with
> debootstrap?
Both methods can work. However it''s usually easier to just install
Ubuntu as HVM domU (do not use LVM on Ubuntu for simplicity), then
convert it to PV domU later.

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On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 09:44:14PM -0000, Matthew Law
wrote:
> I am trying to create minimal Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.10 server images from
> within a CentOS dom0 and I am struggling.
> 
> Is it better to install a copy of Ubuntu locally and create an image with
> debootstrap?
> 
If you go for debootstrap make sure you''re using new enough
debootstrap.

debootstrap rpm:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/12/Everything/i386/os/Packages/debootstrap-1.0.10-3.fc12.noarch.rpm

(that one should install to centos5, even when it''s for fedora 12)

newer debootstrap versions (1.0.19):
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=5292

-- Pasi


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