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Re: [Xen-users] how to create a vm from a file system

To: weiming <zephyr.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] how to create a vm from a file system
From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:41:49 +0000
Cc: Joel Nylund <jnylund@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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weiming wrote:
just untar to a partition or virtual file system.
It is covered in the xen manual

weiming
Oh, wait. You have to build the file system first, edit /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab appropriately, make sure your kernel has the appropriate modules to access the Xen virtual hardware for network and hard drive controllers, and be prepared to reset all your SELinux settings.

It's not as easy as many manuals make it out to be. It's often easiest to actually delete the kernel, and do a Fedora upgrade or install on top of the existing OS with the virt-install tool.

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