> Lastly, there is a way to get it to work on osx, but that comes with some pain: http://blogs.citrix.com/2012/10/04/convert-a-raw-image-to-xenserver-vhd.
I went through that but couldn't fulfil the dependency on as86 / dev86 On 22 June 2014 16:27, Rohit Yadav <rohityada...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Ian Duffy <i...@ianduffy.ie> wrote: > > > Awesome thanks Rohit. > > > > Did you do anything on the boxes or just a clean ISO install and export? > > > > I'm trying to create packer files so we can reproduce these images > easily. > > I'm having to do all the conversion stuff within a VM. vhd-util / > qemu-img > > does not play nicely with OSX. > > > > Yeah, I suppose you'll have to use Linux for image conversions (only for > xen vhd, vbox supports qcow2). Not sure how packer works, if it solves this > problem that would be great. > > Lastly, there is a way to get it to work on osx, but that comes with some > pain: > http://blogs.citrix.com/2012/10/04/convert-a-raw-image-to-xenserver-vhd. > > Cheers. > > > > > > > > On 22 June 2014 13:40, Rohit Yadav <rohityada...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I went ahead and built two small linux vms for my personal testing: > > > (both can be downloadable from http://people.apache.org/~bhaisaab/vms) > > > > > > tinycore.ova is ~9M image based on tinycore Linux 3.x release and > > requires > > > at least 50M RAM > > > tinycore-openbox.ova is ~29M and has openbox window manager > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Rohit Yadav <rohityada...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Ian Duffy <i...@ianduffy.ie> wrote: > > > > > > > >> OK thank you. Will look into creating a packer file for it... Will > > have > > > a > > > >> dependency on qemu-img for converting to xen raw. I've yet to find a > > way > > > >> to > > > >> do this on osx. > > > >> > > > >> Do you know what had to be done to get it running in PV mode? > > > >> > > > > > > > > It should work for PV as well, just install using the iso. For > > > conversions > > > > to various formats, you may see our appliance building script: > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/blob/master/tools/appliance/build.sh > > > > (hack but works, uses vbox, veewee and vhd-util) > > > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > >> I've been looking at generating a Debian image too for those with > more > > > ram > > > >> (256mb per VM). > > > >> > > > >> Ubuntu is out of the question at 512mb ram required. > > > >> On 22 Jun 2014 06:50, "Rohit Yadav" <bhais...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > Hi Ian, > > > >> > > > > >> > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 5:43 AM, Ian Duffy <i...@ianduffy.ie> > wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > > Hey Rohit, > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Quick question for you about the ttylinux_vhd image. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > I'm just about to push some changes to allow for an advanced > cloud > > > >> > > configuration. While doing some final tests I found myself > unable > > to > > > >> > > resolve domains in VMs I brought up. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > It's very old (I don't know who made it, I just reused it from the > > > first > > > >> > DevCloud by Edison) and based on old linux 2.x, sometimes it fails > > to > > > >> get > > > >> > IP from dhcp (VR). Let's refresh it. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > On inspecting my resolv.conf on a ttylinux based machine I > noticed > > > the > > > >> > > following: > > > >> > > search citrite.net > > > >> > > nameserver 10.216.4.31 > > > >> > > nameserver 10.216.4.34 > > > >> > > nameserver 10.9.47.59 > > > >> > > nameserver 172.16.2.66 > > > >> > > search cs2cloud.internal > > > >> > > nameserver 10.1.1.1 > > > >> > > nameserver 8.8.8.8 > > > >> > > > > > >> > > The first block of nameservers are taken precedence, from what I > > can > > > >> tell > > > >> > > they are hard coded into your image. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Is there any easy way I could re-generate a ttylinux image > without > > > >> them? > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > Yes, you may get the iso and make a vhd yourself: (use pc-486 or > > > >> > appropriate) > > > >> > http://www.ttylinux.net/Documents/User_Guide.html > > > >> > > > > >> > I idea was to build a very small linux image, I also recommend > > playing > > > >> > with: > > > >> > http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ > > > >> > http://www.tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html (I've used this, > > > installed > > > >> > linux distro fits in 10MB :) > > > >> > > > > >> > Regards. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Thanks. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
