From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 20:31:36 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 ABC3C10656FE for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:31:36 +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 2C81F8FC24 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomislav.novak@gmail.com) Received: by vilma.hsin.hr (Postfix, from userid 500) id 447F14C4A06; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:31:32 +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 8826F4C405D; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:31:29 +0100 (CET) Received: by darkstar.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 76FE574B81; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:32:00 +0100 (CET) From: Tomislav Novak To: Ivan Voras Organization: Istrazivanje ruda i gubljenje vremena References: <878wor1ji7.fsf@gmail.com> <9bbcef730901311008y2e724441md934377762b1c475@mail.gmail.com> Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAMFBMVEUMAAIMABpQNhxIOCh3 ODNnTDRpO0dvSE9TS2U8U3/Nrm/r0bf+/vzh08fFqphhSmkvknONAAAACXBIWXMAAArwAAAK8AFC rDSYAAAACXZwQWcAAAAwAAAAMADO7oxXAAAA9klEQVQ4y2M4gwMwjBgJBgjAkDhgbMysZGxszIMu wWpqEAQEwQboErzRAVu3bNmqjCHBwHthNxCoYkowXNiwm3trENwSJIkLvAy7NykFoEnw3AUbpaSK roN3w4a7DNa7t2LoOHB3L+/d21h0sDIwNAoyMDArY+hgT+ic2VDOjOGqM+zlkjPFShgw/HGGnZ1R MJ29gAdTgq28oFyt4AwWHUAJdmwSDAoMLuIJWCKK3cXFHUtEneFlYGACBjEWHVyrVq3CpuMM1yqG VQuwpRKuBSCERYLvAQhhShx43nCGo44HU0JyZuMZyfmNmBKCgoJgPPKyGuUSACIdMcZ6v1PAAAAA GnpUWHRqcGVnOmNvbG9yc3BhY2UAAHjaMwIAADMAM4k4IzUAAAAmelRYdGpwZWc6c2FtcGxpbmct ZmFjdG9yAAB42jOqMNIxrDAEYQARgwLpPZcvTwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:32:00 +0100 In-Reply-To: <9bbcef730901311008y2e724441md934377762b1c475@mail.gmail.com> (Ivan Voras's message of "Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:08:52 +0100") Message-ID: <87bptntdxb.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 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 20:31:37 -0000 Ivan Voras writes: > 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. Thanks. I'll try mounting an installation CD in domU and installing packages from there. What I tried so far is booting livefs, running mdconfig and trying to install to /dev/mdX. Didn't work like I expected, though. :) -- T.