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Tomas Mozes <tomas.mozes@××××.sk> writes: |
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> On 2014-12-04 02:14, lee wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> I'd like to give Gentoo a try and want to install it in a xen VM. The |
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>> server is otherwise running Debian. What would be the best way to do |
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>> this? |
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> Either you can run a virtual machine using paravirtualization (PV) or |
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> full virtualization (HVM). |
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> If you want to use PV, then you create a partition for Gentoo, chroot, |
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> unpack stage3 and prepare your system for booting (follow the |
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> handbook). Then you create a configuration for your xen domU (Gentoo), |
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> provide a kernel and start it. You don't need the install-cd in this |
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> situation, nor any bootloader. |
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That's like what I thought I should do :) |
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I'd like to use PV as it has some advantages. How do I provide a |
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kernel? Is it contained in the stage3 archive? |
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And no bootloader? How do I make the VM bootable then? |
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All the guests are PV and use something called phygrub of which I don't |
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know where it comes from. |
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This installation process with xen is some sort of mystery to me. With |
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Debian, I used a somehow specially prepared kernel which booted the |
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Debian installer. From there, the installation was the same as |
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installing on bare metal. |
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> If you prefer HVM, then you create a partition and use the install-cd |
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> to boot. After your install cd boots up, you partition your disk |
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> provided by xen dom0 (Debian), chroot, unpack stage3 and install the |
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> system along with the kernel and a bootloader. You can boot your |
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> Gentoo with pvgrub that will handle the booting to grub and it will |
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> load the kernel. This way, the Gentoo machine is like a black box for |
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> your Debian. |
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> I would recommend starting with HVM. |
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Hm, I haven't used HVM yet. Can I change over to PV after the |
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installation is done? What's the advantage of starting with HVM? |
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The "disk" is an LVM volume and won't be partitioned. I've found it |
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more reasonable to use a separate LVM volume for swap. |
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I never installed Gentoo. I could start with my desktop since I want to |
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replace Fedora anyway. That's a bit troublesome because I either have |
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to plug in some disks for it which I'd need to buy first (I might get |
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two small SSDs), or I'd have to repartition the existing ones. |
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Hmmm. I think I'll try a VM with PV first. If that doesn't work, no |
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harm is done and I can still ask when I'm stuck. |
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Oh I almost forgot: Does the VM need internet access during the |
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installation? The network setup is awfully complicated in this case. |
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Again we must be afraid of speaking of daemons for fear that daemons |
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might swallow us. Finally, this fear has become reasonable. |
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