From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lars Kurth Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Prebuilt Xen PV-HVM templates. Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:49:25 +0100 Message-ID: <4F7B0DF5.1010602@xen.org> References: <1333383095.25602.94.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <1333450007.25602.130.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <20120403133038.GA84917@dhcp-3-120.uk.xensource.com> Reply-To: lars.kurth@xen.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20120403133038.GA84917@dhcp-3-120.uk.xensource.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Cc: xen-devel , "xen-users@lists.xensource.com" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Thanks for the effort: do ping me when you guys are ready Also when LiveCD's and the library is in place, that would be a great guest blog post on xen.org Regards Lars On 03/04/2012 14:30, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 11:46:47AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: >> On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 18:59 +0100, Joseph Glanville wrote: >>> On 3 April 2012 02:11, Ian Campbell wrote: >>>> On Sun, 2012-04-01 at 19:16 +0100, Joseph Glanville wrote: >>>>> Hi guys, >>>>> >>>>> I have started preparing a library of PV-HVM templates for use on Xen >>>>> 4.X+ and PVOPS dom0. >>>> [...] >>>>> Initially there is Debian 6, CentOS 6.2 and Ubuntu 12.04 available >>>>> (the final beta, will be updated to final shortly). >>>>> Included is an OS image, a config file, a README and the associated >>>>> licences etc. >>>> This is very cool, and you are correct that these will be very useful >>>> for people trying to get something going quickly! Thanks Joseph. >>> No problem, I am working on a new dom0 livecd too. >>> >>> I need some recommendations on what distro to base it on though... >>> Personally Gentoo is easiest for me but I think Ubuntu 12.04 is going >>> to be more enduring and a more beginner approachable alternative. >>> >>> Does anyone have any thoughts on this? > I've been working with the Alpine Linux guys (http://alpinelinux.org/) > for some time, and we managed to get a working Xen LiveCD, next major > release (2.4 I think) it's gonna come with Xen Dom0 LiveCDs, since all > the necessary bits have been added to the upstream distro build > scripts. You can take a look at the build scripts here: > > http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/alpine-iso/ > > It's really easy to generate a LiveCD iso, you just need a working > Alpine Linux install (which can be a VM) and the alpine-iso scripts. > >> My personal preference would be Debian ;-) But pragmatically Ubuntu is, >> I think, generally thought to be a good beginner distro and conveniently >> it now contains support for Xen so that seems like a good choice. >> >> Also on the plus side is that Ubuntu may well contain the "Debian Live" >> packages/infrastructure which make building Live CDs easier (I presume, >> I've never tried them). I don't know if that's actually what is used by >> Ubuntu to make their live CDs, if not then I'd hope that infrastructure >> was in Ubuntu too. >> >> Ian. >> >>>>> The images are bz2 compressed blockdevice images suitable for use on >>>>> LVM or a file backed tapdisk if you have the appropriate backend. >>>>> (alternatively you can use the loop device but this is discouraged) >>>>> All images have serial console enabled, PV network and block devices, >>>>> fixed udev rules etc. >>>>> >>>>> I will add more info about them, an FAQ about how they are setup and >>>>> what you should do to customize them, expand the disk image etc soon. >>>>> >>>>> I am looking for someone to mirror these in the US for me, please >>>>> email me if you have spare bandwith. >>>>> >>>>> Joseph. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-devel mailing list >> Xen-devel@lists.xen.org >> http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel