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Re: [Xen-users] how to install a comeplete guest OS from a CD

To: JIT LEISHANGTHEM <jleishan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] how to install a comeplete guest OS from a CD
From: Marius Hårstad Kjerkreit <mkjerkreit@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 09:45:40 +0200
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I suppose you would simply set up the domU to load the same kernel
image and initrd as isolinux does from the cd. You'll also have to
make the cd available to the dom somehow.

regards,
-Marius

On 28/05/05, JIT LEISHANGTHEM <jleishan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi
>    I was wodering how to install a whole guest OS by
> booting off from the CDROM as in VMware. I did install
> a debian base system using debootstrap. But what if i
> want to install Fedora Core. I created the diskimages
> for "/" and swap as given in the XEN manual using dd.
> 
> regards'
> JIT

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