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List:       xen-users
Subject:    Re: [Xen-users] howto install a different guest os!
From:       Fernando Maior <fernando.souto.maior () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-05-29 15:27:41
Message-ID: 6a7b2d5405052908272ce4315a () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 5/24/05, Michael Warner <admin@u2mike.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The best way to install a guest os is with rpmstrap. Download it from:
> http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/ The basic use is this:
> 
> rpmstrap --verbose centos4 /place/to/install
> 
> That will install centos4 for you. Other distro's besides centos4 are
> also supported. After that you can chroot in and create an fstab, after
> that run
> 
> MAKEDEV null console zero
> 
> in the /dev/ directory as you will need those to boot the system.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> Andrew Thompson wrote:
> 
> > Sven Sternberger wrote:
> >
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> I have installed the xen0 domain on a debian box, and looking
> >> for a simple way to install different rpm based (red hat clones)
> >> distro as guest os. so this question might be slightly OT but should
> >> be interesting for the most xen users.
> >
> >
> > Have you tried booting a domU to an install root disk? (I tried this
> > with Slackware but I think I had other issues at the time.)
> >
> >
> > You could also try mounting an install iso, copying it to a scratch
> > partion, and using that as a base to install from. (Boot a domU with
> > that partition as root, install against another partition.)
> >
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Pls, have a look at this thread:

http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2005-05/msg00414.html

-- 
Bye,
Fernando Maior
LPIC/1 31908

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