On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Daniel Jarboe wrote: > > And finally, the pain involved isnt so great, we just installed a > linux > > vm, compiled and installed the packages that we need (postgres 7.4, > apache > > 1.3.29, perl 5.8, etc), then copied the non-standard directories (etc, > > Do the "extra" software packages not included in the base get > compiled/installed from source, or are you able to still use a > dependency manager like rpm/apt?
the problem was that our distro have old versions of those packages, so we have to compiled them from source. We can use apt, but not for those packages, we can still use it to upgrade libs and other packages. > > Also, is it possible to apply service to the base image (things like > openssl, openssh, whatever) without rebooting the guests? No, we must shutdown all the images, then bring up the basevol vm, apply service, replicate the changes to the non-shareable dirs (etc, var, etc), shutdown the basevol guest, and bring up again all the images. > > > We've based our work in the presentation from William Scully > > (http://linuxvm.org/Presentations/misc/basevol.html), but we dont use > > regina and some other things, we have simplified the procedure a lot. > > How so? with some bash scripts, we dont have yet the documentation, but if you're interested post me off-list and i will give you details, or if more people is interested we could write a howto. > > ~ Daniel > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is the property of Time Inc. or its affiliates. It may be > legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use > of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or > otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be > viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. If the > reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, > copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information > herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication > in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this message. > Thank you. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > -- Alejandro Leyva Rabinovich. Jefe de la Unidad Departamental de Soporte Ticnico (Administracisn de Mainframe). Direccisn General de Informatica. Secretarma de Finanzas. Gobierno del Distrito Federal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
