From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 19:23:00 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 32EFE10656EF for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:23:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gofx-freebsd-xen@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E002A8FC1D for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:22:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gofx-freebsd-xen@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LTLQe-0003zN-3M for freebsd-xen@freebsd.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:22:56 +0000 Received: from pd95d443b.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.93.68.59]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:22:56 +0000 Received: from js by pd95d443b.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:22:56 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org From: Julian Stecklina Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:22:42 +0100 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <87bptns2kd.fsf@tabernacle.localnet> References: <878wor1ji7.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd95d443b.dip.t-dialin.net X-Archive: encrypt User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YdZQlC1jZIc22oDY4KDQjQRCSUc= Sender: news 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 19:23:00 -0000 Tomislav Novak 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)