dd if=/dev/zero of=/vm/Ubuntu-Hardy-base.img bs=1024k count=4000
dd if=/dev/zero of=/vm/Ubuntu-Hardy-swap.img bs=1024k count=400
/sbin/mkfs.ext3 /vm/Ubuntu-Hardy-base.img
/sbin/mkfs.ext3 /vm/Ubuntu-Hardy-swap.img
/sbin/mkswap /vm/Ubuntu-Hardy-swap.img
chmod 640 /vm/Ubuntu*
mkdir /mnt/xenfs
mount -o loop /vm/Ubuntu-Hardy-base.img /mnt/xenfs
wget ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/mirror/
rpm -Uvh debootstrap*
export PATH=$PATH"/usr/sbin":/sbin (so chroot will not fail)
/usr/sbin/debootstrap --arch i386 --include=linux-image-2.6.24-
WAIT..................
chroot /mnt/xen or just make xure all edits go to /mnt/xenfs/ from this point on:
mv /lib/tls /lib/tls.disabled
create /edit /etc/fstab
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
# mkdir -p /boot/grub
# update-grub
edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-xen
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-xen
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-xen (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-xen root=/dev/xvda1 ro single console=xvc0
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-xen
# cd /etc/event.d
# cp tty1 xvc0
# sed -i -e "s/tty1/xvc0/g" xvc0
Add xvc0 to /etc/securetty to allow root to login
# update-rc.d -f hwclockfirst remove
# update-rc.d -f hwclock remove
# rm /etc/udev/rules.d/85-hwclock.
Now download the updated linux-image and headers from http://www.il.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.
and install them, otherwise no network when you boot the domU
Create our guest config file :
bootloader = '/usr/bin/pygrub'
memory = 512
name = "Ubuntu-Hardy-Base"
disk = ['file:/vm/Ubuntu-Hardy-base.
vif = [ '' ]
Boot the domU.
Hope this helps
Chris