From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 18:08:54 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 6F5A91065692 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:08:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f16.google.com (mail-bw0-f16.google.com [209.85.218.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2A948FC14 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:08:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so430775bwz.19 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:08:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ESAoFaisxWYEqGE3ntqzU/L+a4eyJ7fg2TxQ2fGGd6M=; b=M3rgYnjfHFIGnK8endEDxbeivbQL6bRSprlGRAKJigd3dNOjgFWYJaD1W2q+OsLNRy oufODM8WxWva3dAVWKpjJnFb01X2GMRQxzItvHTZrPdz13YkhDhqSs+kb2t4qsILffF2 kBusYgtloVyZlvxLNmdwpU2qz5D9cNuILZxbo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=tSZnfKo3Cwp2uqqhMmUNfzKaTkBZNRdRzuxIyw0JbvYjfGctHZVYmCVqvkW+RBqJV6 9VE9D4kcAkTWiNNXG5c0UQcJhktHmqkeqUF3F2+MhEZ7acUDNGL+eq85aQd4nGIaeMBt STJgwlBPQ/s2NwxnN1r49Dphnc/d6oTuIWcJU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: ivoras@gmail.com Received: by 10.181.54.8 with SMTP id g8mr94324bkk.114.1233425332141; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:08:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <878wor1ji7.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878wor1ji7.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:08:52 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: f7242f5af454553f Message-ID: <9bbcef730901311008y2e724441md934377762b1c475@mail.gmail.com> From: Ivan Voras To: Tomislav Novak Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 18:08:54 -0000 2009/1/31 Tomislav Novak : > 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? If the image you downloaded contains the whole FreeBSD "base" system, simply install whatever you need like on a normal system. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ for details. (Note that, for example, the system compiler - gcc - is a part of the base system and you cannot upgrade it as you would on Linux).