Re: [Xen-users] filesystem image of Fedora Core for Xen? / Others VM

[Kristinn Soffanias Runarsson <soffanias@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree we should make them available in as many formats as possible.

Although a simple
# dd if=image.img of=/dev/lvm/mysexyDomU
works like a charm for me.  But I get the point, also when I come to
think about it.. tarballs are more portable than anything.

I'll get it done...

-soffi-



On Apr 3, 2005 10:09 PM, Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe.alfaro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2005 11:27 PM, Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > One thing we did discuss at the time was the format of the distribution
> > images: disk files are good for trying stuff out, since they're easily
> > configured.  However, simple tarballs of the filesystem also seemed like an
> > attractive option: they don't limit you to a given disk size or a particular
> > filesystem and can be easily unpacked wherever you want.  This would make it
> > simple to use NFS exports as root filesystems.
> >
> > What do you guys think?  Maybe useful as an alternative format, alongside
> > simple disk images?
> 
> In fact, I would prefer tarball (compressed) files instead. As you
> said, they are more flexible: you can dump them into an LVM volume or
> a loopback-mounted file.
>

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