Re: [Xen-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Prebuilt Xen PV-HVM templates.

[Roger Pau Monne <roger.paumonne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 11:46:47AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 18:59 +0100, Joseph Glanville wrote:
> > On 3 April 2012 02:11, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2012-04-01 at 19:16 +0100, Joseph Glanville wrote:
> > >> Hi guys,
> > >>
> > >> I have started preparing a library of PV-HVM templates for use on Xen
> > >> 4.X+ and PVOPS dom0.
> > > [...]
> > >> Initially there is Debian 6, CentOS 6.2 and Ubuntu 12.04 available
> > >> (the final beta, will be updated to final shortly).
> > >> Included is an OS image, a config file, a README and the associated
> > >> licences etc.
> > >
> > > This is very cool, and you are correct that these will be very useful
> > > for people trying to get something going quickly! Thanks Joseph.
> > 
> > No problem, I am working on a new dom0 livecd too.
> > 
> > I need some recommendations on what distro to base it on though...
> > Personally Gentoo is easiest for me but I think Ubuntu 12.04 is going
> > to be more enduring and a more beginner approachable alternative.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
> 

I've been working with the Alpine Linux guys (http://alpinelinux.org/)
for some time, and we managed to get a working Xen LiveCD, next major 
release (2.4 I think) it's gonna come with Xen Dom0 LiveCDs, since all 
the necessary bits have been added to the upstream distro build 
scripts. You can take a look at the build scripts here:

http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/alpine-iso/

It's really easy to generate a LiveCD iso, you just need a working 
Alpine Linux install (which can be a VM) and the alpine-iso scripts.

> My personal preference would be Debian ;-) But pragmatically Ubuntu is,
> I think, generally thought to be a good beginner distro and conveniently
> it now contains support for Xen so that seems like a good choice.
> 
> Also on the plus side is that Ubuntu may well contain the "Debian Live"
> packages/infrastructure which make building Live CDs easier (I presume,
> I've never tried them). I don't know if that's actually what is used by
> Ubuntu to make their live CDs, if not then I'd hope that infrastructure
> was in Ubuntu too.
> 
> Ian.
> 
> > 
> > >
> > >> The images are bz2 compressed blockdevice images suitable for use on
> > >> LVM or a file backed tapdisk if you have the appropriate backend.
> > >> (alternatively you can use the loop device but this is discouraged)
> > >> All images have serial console enabled, PV network and block devices,
> > >> fixed udev rules etc.
> > >>
> > >> I will add more info about them, an FAQ about how they are setup and
> > >> what you should do to customize them, expand the disk image etc soon.
> > >>
> > >> I am looking for someone to mirror these in the US for me, please
> > >> email me if you have spare bandwith.
> > >>
> > >> Joseph.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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