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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Amos,<BR>
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The quickest way to deploy a Xen VM requires a little more prep work...<BR>
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Use the regular (long) method as discussed. Most use an HVM to do the install but config it as a domU afterward as most installers only work reliably in a fully virtualized environment.<BR>
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Create an LVM based guest for each distribution/OS you plan to use. Then for each Xen guest you want to create take an LVM snapshot of the distribution/OS of choice and use that for the guest.<BR>
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This way guest deployment is very quick and disk space is conserved wisely. You can start with 1 or 2 GB snapshot and as space gets tight in the snapshot add more storage.<BR>
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-Ross<BR>
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From: centos-bounces@centos.org <centos-bounces@centos.org><BR>
To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org><BR>
Sent: Tue Dec 11 01:50:01 2007<BR>
Subject: Re: [CentOS] building a Xen guest image on straight LVM partitions?<BR>
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On 11/12/2007, Ross S. W. Walker <rwalker@medallion.com> wrote:<BR>
> Here is a good link: <A HREF="http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Xen_DomU_Guide">http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Xen_DomU_Guide</A><BR>
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Ah and forgot to say "thank you" for the link. Looks useful.<BR>
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Cheers,<BR>
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--Amos<BR>
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