Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of debirf-boot-on-kvm-guest

Timestamp:

Feb 9, 2012, 5:20:22 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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debirf-boot-on-kvm-guest

@@ -11 +11 @@
 Login as root (with no password).
 
+== Root password ==
+
+If you are planning on turning on networking, it's a good idea to set a root password first:
+
+{{{
+passwd
+}}}
+
 == Networking ==
 
@@ -22 +30 @@
 echo "nameserver 216.66.23.46" > /etc/resolv.conf
 }}}
+
+== Installing packages ===
+
+You can install any debian package, but remember to run:
+
+{{{
+apt-get update
+}}}
+
+The apt cache is not populated already.
+
+== Mounting filesystems ==
+
+debirf should discover all logical volumes, so mounting a logicaly volume can be accomplished with:
+
+{{{
+mount /dev/mapper/path-to-volume /mnt
+}}}
+
+== chroot ==
+
+If you want to operate in a chroot environment, you might try something like this:
+
+ * Mount the main partition:
+{{{
+mount /dev/mapper/vg_leslie0-root /mnt
+mount /dev/mapper/vg_leslie0-var /mnt/var
+mount /dev/mapper/vg_leslie0-tmp /mnt/tmp/
+mount /dev/mapper/vg_leslie0-srv /mnt/srv
+}}}
+ * Mount special filesystems
+{{{
+for fs in dev proc sys; do mount -o bind /dev/$fs /mnt/$fs; done
+}}}