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Re: [Xen-users] create a guest with tar

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:03:07 +0000

Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Matt Richardson <shortpath@xxxxxxxxx>

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Steve Kemp wrote:

On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 10:15:57AM -0800, Matt Richardson wrote:

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.


  Take any working Xen guest (domU) and tar it exluding only /proc,
 /sys, and /dev.  The latter directory is created when you install
 from the tarball - the former two are transient.)

This is exactly what the -l option of GNU tar was invented for, to

specifically prevent descending mount points but still get the

mountpoint itself.

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