Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 18:46:19 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD-current Xen image Message-ID: <d763ac660905230346q77d3f511oc7ba21cc0559b302@mail.gmail.com>
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I've put up a recent FreeBSD-current Xen DomU image at http://people.freebsd.org/~adrian/xen/ . * the image is a gzip'ed 512meg filesystem installworld/distribution install, around 208 mb. * it includes the grub bootloader info (/boot/grub/menu.lst); a basic /etc/fstab w/ root on "xvd0" and swap on "xvd1", and the xen console (xc0) in /etc/ttys. * The config file in that directory (freebsd-current.sxp) works for me. It assumes one network interface and two block devices on LVM - one for root, one for swap. You should be able to just dd the image into an LVM slice or modify the configuration to use a file (tap:aio IIRC), then "xm create /path/to/file" . "xm console" will give you a working console. Bonus points to you if you then figure out the magic required to boot it to single user mode to run "growfs", then "tunefs -n enable" to enable softupdates, with the requisite fscks and reboots to make sure things stay consistent. I'll document that later. I'm working on DomU releng_7 and releng_6 images at the moment but I'm stuck with a buildworld issue and a kernel panic, respectively. Have fun; Adrian
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