> Wow... this is hard. I just installed Debian Sarge > and Etch into Virtualbox, and it's dead simple - > download a regular netinstall .iso file, and use the > wizard, and it all just works. On the other hand, I > can't for the life of me figure out how to get a > Debian (sarge or etch) DomU up and running. All the > instructions I find involve running debootstrap, > which of course is only possible if I'm using a > Debian dom0 as well. No. Please,view:- ***************************************************************************** http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-8.04-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories ***************************************************************************** You can now also take a look at the /usr/lib/xen-tools directory because it reveals which distributions can be installed in a virtual machine with xen-tools:
ls -l /usr/lib/xen-tools [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -l /usr/lib/xen-tools total 36 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-06 15:08 centos-4.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-06 15:08 centos-5.d -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4409 2008-04-06 03:12 common.sh drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-06 15:08 dapper.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-06 15:08 debian.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-06 15:08 edgy.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2008-05-06 15:08 etch.d -> debian.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2008-05-06 15:08 fedora-core-4.d -> fedora-core-6.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2008-05-06 15:08 fedora-core-5.d -> fedora-core-6.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-06 15:08 fedora-core-6.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2008-05-06 15:08 fedora-core-7.d -> fedora-core-6.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2008-05-06 15:08 feisty.d -> edgy.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-06 15:08 gentoo.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2008-05-06 15:08 gutsy.d -> edgy.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2008-05-06 15:08 hardy.d -> edgy.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2008-05-06 15:08 lenny.d -> debian.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2008-05-06 15:08 sarge.d -> debian.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2008-05-06 15:08 sid.d -> debian.d [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > So... what's the trick? And is it any easier to > install any of the BSD varients (which don't seem to > install cleanly into virtualbox). > > Thanks for any help! This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
