From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 17:28:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D7010656EA for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:28:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomislav.novak@gmail.com) Received: from vilma.hsin.hr (vilma.hsin.hr [193.198.184.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F02C18FC18 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:28:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomislav.novak@gmail.com) Received: by vilma.hsin.hr (Postfix, from userid 500) id 5C1174C4A06; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:18:28 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on vilma.hsin.hr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_PBL,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.2.3 Received: from darkstar.localdomain (93-139-99-217.adsl.net.t-com.hr [93.139.99.217]) by vilma.hsin.hr (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB594C405D; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:18:27 +0100 (CET) Received: by darkstar.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BC358D2004; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:18:56 +0100 (CET) From: Tomislav Novak To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Organization: Istrazivanje ruda i gubljenje vremena Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAMFBMVEUMAAIMABpQNhxIOCh3 ODNnTDRpO0dvSE9TS2U8U3/Nrm/r0bf+/vzh08fFqphhSmkvknONAAAACXBIWXMAAArwAAAK8AFC rDSYAAAACXZwQWcAAAAwAAAAMADO7oxXAAAA9klEQVQ4y2M4gwMwjBgJBgjAkDhgbMysZGxszIMu wWpqEAQEwQboErzRAVu3bNmqjCHBwHthNxCoYkowXNiwm3trENwSJIkLvAy7NykFoEnw3AUbpaSK roN3w4a7DNa7t2LoOHB3L+/d21h0sDIwNAoyMDArY+hgT+ic2VDOjOGqM+zlkjPFShgw/HGGnZ1R MJ29gAdTgq28oFyt4AwWHUAJdmwSDAoMLuIJWCKK3cXFHUtEneFlYGACBjEWHVyrVq3CpuMM1yqG VQuwpRKuBSCERYLvAQhhShx43nCGo44HU0JyZuMZyfmNmBKCgoJgPPKyGuUSACIdMcZ6v1PAAAAA GnpUWHRqcGVnOmNvbG9yc3BhY2UAAHjaMwIAADMAM4k4IzUAAAAmelRYdGpwZWc6c2FtcGxpbmct ZmFjdG9yAAB42jOqMNIxrDAEYQARgwLpPZcvTwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:18:56 +0100 Message-ID: <878wor1ji7.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Install FreeBSD-7.1 (domU) to a filesystem image X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:28:36 -0000 Hello! I have set up Slackware Linux 12.0 as dom0 (Xen 3.3.1, Linux 2.6.18.8, built from source) and I'm playing with FreeBSD as a domU. It's currently, due to some circumstances, not possible for me to install FreeBSD to a separate partition(s), so I'm using a file-backed VBD. Kernel and filesystem images are those from http://www.fsmware.com/xenofreebsd/7.0/download/ and they work perfectly. However, the filesystem image contains only the basic stuff, and I need a few more packages (e.g. newer gcc version, X11 etc.). I don't have access to any other FreeBSD system so I can't copy necessary files, build 8.0-CURRENT etc. Is it possible to install FreeBSD from an installation media directly to the filesystem image on disk? Thanks in advance, Tomislav