From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Edward Z. Yang" Subject: Re: Easier interface for kickstarting Xen VMs Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:32:57 -0400 Message-ID: <1285093817-sup-6885@ezyang> References: <1285002050-sup-3158@ezyang> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-reply-to: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Stefano Stabellini Cc: xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Excerpts from Stefano Stabellini's message of Tue Sep 21 12:46:53 -0400 2= 010: > You should be aware that we are trying to move away from xend to xl, > that generally supports the same VM config file format with just one > exception: embedded python. Stefano, that's really interested! None of our current team was aware of this fact; probably because we're still on Ubuntu 8.04 due to Xen's special packaging situation on this platforms. > Considering that kickstarting Xen VMs is a common problem and probably > the main headache for sysadmins when moving from xend to xl, I would > welcome a clean and small solution to this problem that doesn't involve > embedded python. That's great to hear. The point of the solution is to do away with the embedded Python. > If we go with the temporary fs strategy, I guess there isn't any actual > code to be committed to xen-unstable, but rather a wiki page to > describe the solution and a link to the initrd?=20 Considering that any given Kickstart file needs to be converted into an initrd, there would be code involved. I am also unconvinced that Anacond= a actually /works/ with layered initrd, see my post here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2010-September/msg0001= 5.html Cheers, Edawrd