Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:22:42 +0100 From: Julian Stecklina <js@alien8.de> To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD-7.1 (domU) to a filesystem image Message-ID: <87bptns2kd.fsf@tabernacle.localnet> References: <878wor1ji7.fsf@gmail.com>
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Tomislav Novak <tomislav.novak@gmail.com> writes: > 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? You could mount another file-backed disk and build CURRENT on that from the provided image. MfG, -- Julian Stecklina Well, take it from an old hand: the only reason it would be easier to program in C is that you can't easily express complex problems in C, so you don't. - Erik Naggum (in comp.lang.lisp)
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