Re: [Users] Distro necessity for OVZ

2010-06-10 Thread Gregor at HostGIS
Yes. My mini-OS boots first on the system and my application currently runs on the mini-OS. Then you should be able to port it over. Take a "tar" of the installed system, use it as a OpenVZ template by specifying it when you "vzctl create" a new VE, and well... start removing what's unnecessar

Re: [Users] Distro necessity for OVZ

2010-06-10 Thread Nirmal Guhan
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Gregor at HostGIS wrote: > Do I always need a distro to run OpenVZ ? In my case, I don't use a >> distro but just kernel+initrd+my own application >> > > Do you mean, can you run your mini-OS as a guest within a OpenVZ container? Very probably! If your "not a dis

Re: [Users] Distro necessity for OVZ

2010-06-10 Thread Gregor at HostGIS
Do I always need a distro to run OpenVZ ? In my case, I don't use a distro but just kernel+initrd+my own application Do you mean, can you run your mini-OS as a guest within a OpenVZ container? Very probably! If your "not a distro" can boot and run on normal hardware, you should be able to: *

[Users] Distro necessity for OVZ

2010-06-10 Thread Nirmal Guhan
Hi, Do I always need a distro to run OpenVZ ? In my case, I don't use a distro but just kernel+initrd+my own application that doesn't need gnome/kde (basically am embedded platform). Is it possible to use OpenVZ in such cases ? --Nirmal ___ Users mailin