Re: [Xen-users] Newbie trying to understand how to get Xen working

[Michael Watters <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Wineland wrote:
> First off I apologize for the stupidity of my questions here, I am a 
> linux newbie and i've been reading forums till my head hurts and I 
> just dont get it.
> I am trying to get Xen working with ubuntu server 6.10 64bit, on a 
> dual dualcore xeon system with 4gb ram. I got it successfully 
> installed, so sudo xm list shows Domain-0. But i dont understand how i 
> am supposed to install the other OS's (DomU??) All the guides i have 
> found talk about creating an image file, bootstrapping from a link 
> yada yada,
> i guess my actual question is, is it possible to install the different 
> OS's off of their install CD's? to actual hard drive partitions? and 
> what do i need to do to accomplish that? I am very new to linux so be 
> gentle please :-D
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If you're using ubuntu you don't need to install from CD, you can use 
debootstrap to set up the OS.  For yum based distros you can do the same 
thing yum --chroot /mnt/sysimage, for example.
If you need more help I'm also on the GLLUG list.

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