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Re: [Xen-users] create a guest with tar
- To: "Matt Richardson" <shortpath@xxxxxxxxx>
- From: "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:29:12 +0000
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Yes, it's a good way to build a basic image.
Use the --one-file-system flag or "-l" with GNU tar to avoid descending other filesystems such as /proc, /sys, /dev/usb, etc., etc. Also it's safest to do on a static filesystem: Building a Xen image copy, then mounting *THAT* to build the tarball is safest.
On 12/21/06, Matt Richardson <shortpath@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is it possible to tar an existing installation running on it's own box
so that I can create a DomU from the tarball? I see that one of the
options in xen-tools is to create from a tarball, but I'm having
difficulty finding out what options should be used, directories to be
excluded (/dev, /proc, /sys, any others?), and other gotchas.
--
Matt
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