[xen-tools-discuss] debian unstable

[Brian Lavender]

I just told it to create a VM using sid. What is the root password on a
newly created image? 

brian

#xen-create-image --hostname=xen6.brie.com --size=10Gb --swap=2048Mb \
--ip=192.168.1.106 --memory=1024Mb --arch=amd64

$ cat xen-tools.conf
lvm = small
size   = 8Gb      # Disk image size.
memory = 128Mb    # Memory size
swap   = 512Mb    # Swap size
fs     = ext3     # use the EXT3 filesystem for the disk image.
dist   = sid     # Default distribution to install.
gateway   = 192.168.1.1
netmask   = 255.255.255.0
broadcast = 192.168.1.255
kernel      = /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
initrd      = /boot/initrd.img-`uname -r`
mirror = http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/
ext3_options   = noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro
ext2_options   = noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro
xfs_options    = defaults
reiser_options = defaults
serial_device = hvc0 #default
disk_device = xvda #default
role = udev


On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 10:34:28AM +0200, Dmitry Nedospasov wrote:
> On 2.4.10 06:03 , Brian Lavender wrote:
> > Is it possible to install Debian unstable using xen-tools?
> >
> > brian
> >   
> It should just be a matter of making the symlinks in /usr/lib/xen-tools
> and in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts
> 
> just symlink sid.d to debian.d, and i'm pretty sure it will work,
> however i haven't tried this. There should be a script for sid in
> debootstrap, but you might need to check there also.
> 
> Also remember to check your "mirror" settings in /etc/xen-tools.conf
> 
> D.
> 
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