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xen-users
Re: [Xen-users] how to create a vm from a file system
 
Hi, I have looked through the manual now, but I still dont get it.
Lets say I have a standard fedora setup running xen kernel & xen
 I have a the filesystem I want the vm to use (files given to me from a  
previously used vm ) starting with its root starting at (/root/vms/ 
jnylund2)
My hard drive devices are:
 Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
/dev/sda2              14       30401   244091610   8e  Linux LVM
I created a config file with the following:
# Kernel image file.
kernel = "vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.3002.fc6xen"
memory =512
name = "jnylund2"
vif = [ '' ]
disk = [ 'phy:sda2,sda2,w' ]
dhcp="dhcp"
hostname= "vm%d" % vmid
#root = "/root/vms/jnylund2"
root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
#extra = "4"
When I try to run:
[root@mymachine vms]# xm create -c j2-conf vmid=1
Using config file "./j2-conf".
Error: int argument required
 It doesn't work, and I also dont understand where im supposed to tell  
it to use /root/vms/jnylund2 as the root of the virtual machines file  
system.
thanks
Joel
On Feb 13, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
 
weiming wrote:
 
just untar to a partition or virtual file system.
It is covered in the xen manual
weiming
  Oh, wait. You have to build the file system first, edit /etc/mtab  
and /etc/fstab appropriately, make sure your kernel has the  
appropriate modules to access the Xen virtual hardware for network  
and hard drive controllers, and be prepared to reset all your  
SELinux settings.
 It's not as easy as many manuals make it out to be. It's often  
easiest to actually delete the kernel, and do a Fedora upgrade or  
install on top of the existing OS with the virt-install tool.
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