Re: [Xen-users] installing a new domU

[Fred Blaise <chapeaurouge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/18/05, Gabriel Patiño <gepatino@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2005/10/18, Fred Blaise <chapeaurouge@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > How do you actually install a new OS inside a new domainU ?
> > I assumed it'd be vmware like, meaning, given the following config:
>
> If you want to install a Debian based distro in DomU it's quite simple:
>
> in your Dom0 install the debootsrap package, its a debian package but
> I've heard that it's also available for other distros.
>
> This package allows you to 'install' a Debian distro inside a
> directory, so now you need that directory.
>
> Create a new partition, or a file to use as a loopback device and
> mount it, for example in /mnt
>
> now run:
>
> debootstrap --arch i386 distro /mnt url
>
> where:
>  distro is the name of the distro to install (depending on the version
> of debootstrap you could lack the script to install some
> distros/versions but you should be able to find them in the net
> easily)
>  url is the url to the repositories archives, that depends on your
> choosen distro
>
> after the initial process, you have a filesystem with a base
> debian-like system. Now you should configure the following files:
> /etc/fstab
> /etc/hosts
> /etc/network/interfases
> /etc/hostname
>
> unmount the new filesystem
> start a DomU using that filesystem as /
> after login as root without password, run base-config and your system
> will be finally configured.
>
> then use apt-get or aptitude to install wathever software you like/need/want

ok, I got the idea... but has anyone succeeded in installing directly
from cdrom? Is that even possible at this time?

>
> Cheers
> --
> Gabriel E. Patiño
>
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