From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 29 12:01:48 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91F6A16A46B for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:01:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gueven.bay@googlemail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D88713C483 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:01:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gueven.bay@googlemail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so1268434pyb for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:01:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=EWiYZQHQBDwL6/Tbg4yDOrTvOLYzKx5P5A/pY25Rk05adMV2JOKuojEbqz4rFa6DfK/ascgIeHXyYm/VyTLjr9cC9n862kDo2OrBpWloTzP6haK/C/LydPtWK3dBSGqRH0QL/RM3/rCTkeNlJjSutoRcTzOzfqvfSlbwRf1/nOo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=j0ivPjce52ZgzQaED+NVdhUCi+qeyEfiVVshSbdPiIYCp/5zIsUge+Pd3QqB6gyKT3lE361rF7SS3Bb0M9uImNpm8GbvxJ8fBWbS7F1ZGcn4kWRSoWcqaZktypX4R9ikvvUX4JCwViKSWXoGElKP/ENn2EvUzMNle/GsvDat+Ik= Received: by 10.35.71.1 with SMTP id y1mr470170pyk.1183116838885; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:33:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.103.17 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:33:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <13413b8f0706290433o6db74a5fu6c64692101d73dba@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:33:58 +0200 From: "Gueven Bay" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: How can I make a domU image like that in the handbook ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:01:48 -0000 Hello, In the handbook in chapter 21.2.2.2 ( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization-guest.html) the reader has to download an image file for the domU (the virtual guest system of Xen). I want to know the recipe how to produce such an image file. Is this image file just a "normal" installation of a FreeBSD system packed into a loopback device? Or are there special modifications needed to produce a domU image? I think the answers to my questions should also go into the handbook because the image file making process would be interesting for other readers, too. For example this image file is a FreeBSD 7 system, but maybe someone wants an image of an older release. regards Gueven