Fwd: [Xen-users] How to do images to install in Virtual Machines?

[Miguel Gómez <elmiguelonmakinon@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Daniel Paquet <daniel.paquet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Jun 23, 2005 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] How to do images to install in Virtual Machines?
To: Miguel_GXmez <elmiguelonmakinon@xxxxxxxxx>

You can do it with a formated file but it will be the same. And also you
dont need to copy the /proc directory as it is a virtual file system, it
is generated at every boot. So the only thing that you need is to have an
empty /proc directory.

> Thank you Daniel, but I can not use another partition in my hard drive. I
> want to use LVM and File-backed VBDs, and I can't use those booting with
> my
> debian Sarge CD. I have tried to do that in other partition and then copy
> all the files to my logical volumes, but I get problems when I try to copy
> /proc so I don't think that it's gonna work.
>
> What can you do if you want to create a Virtual Machine that's not in
> other
> partition?
>
> Thank you.
> Regards,
> Miguel.
>
>
> On 6/9/05, Daniel Paquet <daniel.paquet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> You can do them by yourself. If it is not the same distribution as dom0
>> then you can install the other distribution into another partition with
>> their installation disks. Then set your domU to use that partition to
>> boot
>> up...
>>
>> > Hello,
>> > I've created two Virtual machines with Xen, they were Debian and
>> ttylinux.
>> > I
>> > have chosen those two because Xen Documentation explain how to create
>> > them.
>> > But I don't really know how to create a image that I can install
>> wherever
>> > I
>> > want. I could make partitions in my HDD and install images in those,
>> but
>> > that's not what I want. I want to create VBD or LVM, but in both cases
>> I
>> > can't use the standard image-CD that you use in a normal installation.
>> > What do you normally do when you want to install a distribution?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank you.
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