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or Mandriva). Other methods include --copy, to copy an image from an
existing system, and --tar, to extract the system image from an archive.
In case of a non-Linux system, care should be taken to define the kernel
the domU must use, using the --kernel option.
• --dhcp states that the domU's network configuration should be obtained by DHCP while
--ip allows defining a static IP address.
• Lastly, a storage method must be chosen for the images to be created (those that will be
seen as hard disk drives from the domU). The simplest method, corresponding to the --
dir option, is to create one file on the dom0 for each device the domU should be provided.
For systems using LVM, the alternative is to use the --lvm option, followed by the name
of a volume group; xen-create-image will then create a new logical volume inside that
group, and this logical volume will be made available to the domU as a hard disk drive.
NOTE
Storage in the domU
Entire hard disks can also be exported to the domU, as well as partitions,
RAID arrays or pre-existing LVM logical volumes. These operations
are not automated by xen-create-image, however, so editing the
Xen image's configuration file is in order aer its initial creation with
xen-create-image.
Once these choices are made, we can create the image for our future Xen domU:
# xen-create-image --hostname=testxen
General Information
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Hostname : testxen
Distribution : squeeze
Mirror : http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
Partitions : swap 128Mb (swap)
/ 4Gb (ext3)
Image type : sparse
Memory size : 128Mb
Kernel path : /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-xen-686
Initrd path : /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-xen-686
[...]
Logfile produced at:
/var/log/xen-tools/testxen.log
Installation Summary
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Hostname : testxen
Distribution : squeeze
IP-Address(es) : dynamic
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