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On 02/19/2010 09:34 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> I'm currently rsyncing an OS (new gentoo install) from one vmware disk |
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> to a newly created one. |
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> I know not to copy /proc but not sure about /dev. Looking at an |
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> unbooted OS disk with an install on it... I see /dev/ is populated |
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> (with no boot up), but I recall seeing things during boot like |
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> `populating /dev' (I think). |
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> So should I copy it over to new disk or not? |
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> OH, what this is all about is maybe worth mention here for someone |
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> else doing similar. |
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> I opened a vmware appliance (pre made install of gentoo 1008), |
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> thinking I'd be able to fairly quickly get it up to date. |
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> The reason I went with the premade appliance is that I've tried |
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> several times to get a vmware gentoo guest going but always have |
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> trouble when booting off the newly built kernel. I've fussed with |
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> that repeatedly and only managed long ago to get one gentoo vmware |
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> guest running. (There was quite a tirade of threads initiated by me |
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> here back then), |
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> So anyway the appliance turned out to be a real chore to get |
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> updated... Circular dependancies involving different versions of |
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> portage and somekind of api... maybe eapi1 not working with various |
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> pkgs, all in all a big nasty circle jerk... so went ahead and tried |
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> the `from scratch' route. |
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> And true to form having plenty of trouble getting my kernel to see the |
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> vmware disk I installed on, once I boot off the new kernel. |
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> I chose to install on a scsi disk as recommended by vmwares' help. |
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> That, I think is where the rub currently is. |
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> I noticed the appliance (From bagvapp) was built on an IDE disk, And |
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> its worth noting that even when booting from the appliance,,, that |
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> kernel doesn't see the scsi disk either... (with fdisk). |
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> So the livecd kernel sees both the appliance IDE disk and the scsi |
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> disk I installed on. That kernel appears to be genkernel built and |
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> uses the initrd approach, so all mod are in play before the actual |
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> kernel starts booting. |
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> Anyway, cutting to the chase, I added an IDE disk myself and am copying |
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> the OS from the original SCSI to the IDE (I foolishly did quite a bit |
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> of emerging and configuring from the chroot before actually testing if |
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> it would boot so, don't wan't to lose that work and do another fresh |
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> install). |
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> So, I'm about to find out if any of it is going to work but wondered |
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> about copying /dev/ over. |
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You can copy static /dev - no problem. When udev starts it will just |
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mount its own stuff over the static /dev. You do actually always need |
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some files to boot: at least /dev/null and often also |
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/dev/{tty*,console} and possibly others (depends on your init system). |
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Anyway: copying /dev is a good idea. |
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Bye, |
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Daniel |
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