As appears debootstrap RPM developed for Fedora 9 works fine at Xen 3.3.1 CentOS 5.2 Dom0 and provide an option to create Intrepid Server PV Guest via debootstrapped Ubuntu’s image in RH’s Xen Dom0 environment. Install F9’s rpm then debootstrap would understand non Ubuntu Environment:-
#rpm-ivhdebootstrap-1.0.8-1.fc9.noarch.rpm
PrepareLVMsforinstall:-
#lvcreate-nubuntu-L12G/dev/vgxen
#lvcreate-nubuntu-swap-L4G/dev/vgxen
#mke2fs-j/dev/vgxen/ubuntu
#mkswap/dev/vgxen/ubuntu-swap
#mkdir-p/mnt/xen
#mount/dev/vgxen/ubuntu/mnt/xen
Createmissingsymlink:-
#ln-s/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/gutsy\
/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/intrepid
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Updateon01/09/2008
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Fedora10’sdebootstrap-1.0.10-1.fc10.noarch.rpmhasthissymlinkalreadycreated.Moreoverdebootstrap-1.0.10-1.fc10.noarch.rpmbeeninstalledonXen3.3.1openSUSE11.1Dom0providecomletelyfunctionaldebootstraputilitytocreateIntrepidServer,HardyHeronPVDomUsatopenSUSE11.1Dom0inthesamewayasdescribedbellow.
DeboostrapnewIntrepidGuest:-
#debootstrap--arch=amd64\
--include=linux-image-server,grub\
--components=main,universe,multiverseintrepid\
/mnt/xenhttp://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Oncethathasfinishedchrootintothenewdebootstrappedtree:-
#chroot/mnt/xen
#exportLANG=C
Create/etc/fstab:
#cat/etc/fstab
/dev/xvda1/ext3defaults01
/dev/xvdb1noneswapdefaults00
proc/procprocdefaults00
CreateafolderforGRUBmenuandupdatetheconfig
#mkdir-p/boot/grub
#update-grub
Edit/boot/grub/menu.lst
-add“console=hvc0″tobothkernellines(normalandrecoverymode)
SetupagettyontheXenconsole(hvc0):
#cd/etc/event.d
#cptty1hvc0
#sed-i-e"s/tty1/xvc0/g"hvc0
Removereferencestothehardwareclock;thesewillcausetheDomUtohang:
#update-rc.d-fhwclockfirstremove
#update-rc.d-fhwclockremove
#rm/etc/udev/rules.d/85-hwclock.rules
Configurenetworkinterfaces(/etc/network/interfaces):-
#cat/etc/network/interfaces
#Usedbyifup(8)andifdown(8).Seetheinterfaces(5)manpageor
#/usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examplesformoreinformation.
autolo
ifaceloinetloopback
autoeth0
ifaceeth0inetdhcp
Create/etc/hostsfile
#cat/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1localhost
127.0.1.1IntrepidPVH
Create/etc/hostnamefile
#cat/etc/hostname
IntrepidPVH
Exitchrootandunmountthefilesystem.
#exit
#umount/mnt/xen
StartDomUviaprofile:-
bootloader='/usr/bin/pygrub'
memory=2048
name="ubuntuPV"
vif=['bridge=eth0']
disk=['phy:/dev/vgxen/ubuntu,xvda1,w','phy:/dev/vgxen/ubuntu-swap,xvdb1,w']
Atthispointihadtobring/etc/apt/sources.listfromremoteIntrepidServerinstalledonbaremetal.
#apt-getupdate
RuntaskselatDomUtoinstallBasicUbuntuServerandOpenSSHserver.RebootedDomU:-
#apt-getupgrade
