[opensuse] Installing of Xen VMs 10.2 Parvirtualization
Are there any instruction anywhere on how to do this step by step? I want to use 10.2 as my VMs OS. Thanks!!!! -- Thomas Miller Chrome Portal Project Manager CPCUG Programmers SIG Chairperson (formally Delphi) Delphi Client/Server Certified Developer BSS Accounting & Distribution Software BSS Enterprise Accounting FrameWork http://www.bss-software.com http://programmers.cpcug.org/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/chromeportal/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/uopl/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbexpressplus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 12/18/06, Thomas Miller
Are there any instruction anywhere on how to do this step by step? I want to use 10.2 as my VMs OS.
The Administrator's Guide for 10.0 had instrcutions for Xen setup. Haven't looked for 10.2, but I think the instructions exist. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Alexey Eremenko wrote:
On 12/18/06, Thomas Miller
wrote: Are there any instruction anywhere on how to do this step by step? I want to use 10.2 as my VMs OS.
The Administrator's Guide for 10.0 had instrcutions for Xen setup. Haven't looked for 10.2, but I think the instructions exist. I found it http://en.opensuse.org/An_Introduction_to_Virtualization This is basically what I was looking for. The instructions skip what I want to do. I have seen conversation pertaining to it, but never an end to end explanation.
When I was installing the system, it asked if I wanted to create a type of "snap shot" of the OS. I declined as I was doing a phased install due to some issue with creating a RAID 5 during install. So installed the basic system on my primary hard drive. Rebooted, installed all the service stuff, rebooted, then the source files, rebooted, then the RAID 5, rebooted, and now my system is completely installed and very stable. It seems there is a way to use this "snap shot" (what does Linux call this?) as the source of the install of the virtual machines. So the questions I have are how: 1) How do I make a snap shot? 2) How do I install from it? TIA -- Thomas Miller Chrome Portal Project Manager CPCUG Programmers SIG Chairperson (formally Delphi) Delphi Client/Server Certified Developer BSS Accounting & Distribution Software BSS Enterprise Accounting FrameWork http://www.bss-software.com http://programmers.cpcug.org/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/chromeportal/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/uopl/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbexpressplus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Specifically I would like to do *Install a VM's OS from Installation Source* This section is available in the Wiki, but blank. If someone much more familiar with Linux and Xen would like to help me, I will document it so it can be put into the Wiki for others benefit. TIA. Thomas Miller wrote:
Alexey Eremenko wrote:
On 12/18/06, Thomas Miller
wrote: Are there any instruction anywhere on how to do this step by step? I want to use 10.2 as my VMs OS.
The Administrator's Guide for 10.0 had instrcutions for Xen setup. Haven't looked for 10.2, but I think the instructions exist. I found it http://en.opensuse.org/An_Introduction_to_Virtualization This is basically what I was looking for. The instructions skip what I want to do. I have seen conversation pertaining to it, but never an end to end explanation.
When I was installing the system, it asked if I wanted to create a type of "snap shot" of the OS. I declined as I was doing a phased install due to some issue with creating a RAID 5 during install. So installed the basic system on my primary hard drive. Rebooted, installed all the service stuff, rebooted, then the source files, rebooted, then the RAID 5, rebooted, and now my system is completely installed and very stable.
It seems there is a way to use this "snap shot" (what does Linux call this?) as the source of the install of the virtual machines. So the questions I have are how:
1) How do I make a snap shot? 2) How do I install from it?
TIA
-- Thomas Miller Chrome Portal Project Manager CPCUG Programmers SIG Chairperson (formally Delphi) Delphi Client/Server Certified Developer BSS Accounting & Distribution Software BSS Enterprise Accounting FrameWork http://www.bss-software.com http://programmers.cpcug.org/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/chromeportal/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/uopl/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbexpressplus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Thomas Miller wrote:
Specifically I would like to do
*Install a VM's OS from Installation Source*
http://www.suse.de/~kraxel/xen/suse-guest.html
(that is basically what the yast2 xen module does too ...)
cheers,
Gerd
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Gerd Hoffmann
Great resource. Unfortunately, some of the information is over my head or assume facts that I don't know. The create kernel and initrd for installation is where I am getting stuck. Since I am going to be using the same version for host and guest, is there a simpler way to create the kernal and initrd then downloading them or getting them from the DVD that was used to install the host OS? My impression from other threads here and on the Xen list is yes. Thanks. Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
Thomas Miller wrote:
Specifically I would like to do
*Install a VM's OS from Installation Source*
http://www.suse.de/~kraxel/xen/suse-guest.html (that is basically what the yast2 xen module does too ...)
cheers, Gerd
-- Thomas Miller Chrome Portal Project Manager CPCUG Programmers SIG Chairperson (formally Delphi) Delphi Client/Server Certified Developer BSS Accounting & Distribution Software BSS Enterprise Accounting FrameWork http://www.bss-software.com http://programmers.cpcug.org/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/chromeportal/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/uopl/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbexpressplus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Thomas Miller wrote:
Great resource. Unfortunately, some of the information is over my head or assume facts that I don't know.
The create kernel and initrd for installation is where I am getting stuck.
Since I am going to be using the same version for host and guest, is there a simpler way to create the kernal and initrd then downloading them or getting them from the DVD that was used to install the host OS? My impression from other threads here and on the Xen list is yes. Thanks.
initrd to boot the yast2 installer: no.
initrd to boot the installed system: yes, just use /boot/initrd-xen.
You might have to edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel to get additional modules
loaded (in case you are using different root filesystems on host and
guest for example).
cheers,
Gerd
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Gerd Hoffmann
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