[xen-tools-discuss] debian unstable

[Dmitry Nedospasov]

If you didn't specify --passwd when creating, then the default  
password is empty.

Depending on the configuration you might not be able to login with an  
empty root password. In that case you'll have to mount the volume in  
the dom0, chroot and set the password, though there are more exotic  
ways to set the password.

D.

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On Apr 3, 2010, at 22:18, Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com> wrote:

> 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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>>
>
> -- 
> Brian Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
>
> "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
> make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the  
> other
> way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious  
> deficiencies."
>
> Professor C. A. R. Hoare
> The 1980 Turing award lecture
>