4 server. We need access to these partitions inside the qemu image so
that we can export them to Xen as file backed VBDs, which Xen can access while
creating the guest domain. To do this, we use the loop device to mount each partition
inside the qemu image on a separate directory. We then create the configuration file
for the CentOS guest domain and start it up.
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Slackware
Slackware is the oldest Linux distribution still active and prides itself as being the
most "unix-like" Linux distribution ( " http://www.slackware.com). We are going
to install the latest version of Slackware??”11.0 into a guest domain. So far we have
been creating Xen domU images from scratch. Doing this gives us a good overview
of the various steps that are involved in creating a guest domain, so that we can
roll our own when needed. However, you can also download and use ready to go
Xen images from several sites on the Internet. These are great time savers as long
as the images available meet your needs. We are going to take advantage of readily
available Slackware 11.0 Xen images from the jailtime website (http://jailtime.
org/) and use then for our guest domain.
Time for Action??”Utilize Xen Images from
jailtime.org
We are going to download and install the complete Slackware Xen image.
1. Download the image from jailtime.
~ wget
http://jailtime.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=cache&media=
download%3Aslackware%3Aslackware.11-0.20061220.img.tar.bz2
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