On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Dario Faggioli <raistlin at linux.it> wrote: > On gio, 2014-06-12 at 22:34 +1200, Peter wrote: > > This is not a complete list of the ways you can install a VM either. My > > personal preference is to manually create the filesystem for the VM and > > then install the OS core with yum. Then after tweaking some config > > files you can start up the VM and finish installing whatever else you > > want with yum as well. > > > > While I don't think that this should be the recommended install method > > it might be worth mentioning and even giving a wiki page with some > > instructions on how to do it this way. Doing an install like this is > > actually very good for a newbie because you "get your hands dirty" and > > get a really good understanding of how yum works and the internals of > > the distro. > @Peter, Would you mind sharing the process? (on the CentOS or Xen wikis OR share a link to a write-up online?) This piques my curiosity and I'd like to know more. ;-) Thanks! > > > Indeed it does! > > If you're up for it, Xen wiki will be glad to host it! :-P > > We've got both CentOS and Fedora categories on the Wiki, both hosting > various pages, guides, instructions, etc., but none of them (I think) > goes through the procedure you mentioned: > > http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Category:CentOS > http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Category:Fedora > > Feel free to add it! :-) > +1 :-D > > Regards, > Dario > > -- > <<This happens because I choose it to happen!>> (Raistlin Majere) > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Dario Faggioli, Ph.D, http://about.me/dario.faggioli > Senior Software Engineer, Citrix Systems R&D Ltd., Cambridge (UK) > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20140612/1797be8f/attachment-0006.html>