From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" Subject: Re: general question on how to install a new guest OS without rebooting Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:05:26 +0700 Message-ID: <41DB5976.50108@telkom.co.id> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Xen-Devel@Lists.SourceForge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Ian Pratt wrote: >>It seems that it is mandatory to reboot the platform in order >>to install a new guest OS, from CDROMs delivered with this OS. >> >> You can install guest OS from CD ? How? >After you've installed a particular distribution once, you 'can' the >pristine install either by tar'ing it up, or using LVM snapshots. >Depending on usage, you may need to do a little tailoring, such as >generating a unique ssh host key. > > > That's what I've been doing up to now. Installing a new guest OS for me is now a matter of creating new LV - mkfs - untar - create xen config - boot. ssh-keys are generated on first guest OS boot, initial IP information obtained from DHCP. No reboot of host OS (Domain-0) necessary. Regards, Fajar ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt