Re: using linux as domU. --- done!!!

[John Hayward <John.C.Hayward%wheaton.edu@localhost>]

First, I successfully got Ubuntu domU using an image.

Second, I'm having trouble creating a file system to untar a file system.

> Also, when installing a linux domu, you can simply tar up and extract an 
> existing filesystem of a working desktop/server of any distro to either a 
> partition or file image. The problem for most BSDers is they have no 
> existing, or want for an existing system.

In attempting to create a file system on a vnode under NetBSD-4.99 with
newfs_ext2fs it reports back that when opening for write it is busy.
Can someone give me a hint of what I am doing wrong?

It seems that NetBSD-4.0 had a package to work with ext2fs while 4.99 has
it as part of the system. 
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ar1204# cat /etc/motd
NetBSD 4.99.72 (XEN3_DOM0) #0: Mon Sep 29 12:08:41 PDT 2008
ar1204# vnconfig -l vnd6
vnd6: /Xen (/dev/wd0h) inode 1548295
ar1204# disklabel vnd6
# /dev/rvnd6d:
type: vnd
disk: vnd
label: fictitious
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 32
tracks/cylinder: 64
sectors/cylinder: 2048
cylinders: 4096
total sectors: 8388608
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # microseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # microseconds
drivedata: 0

4 partitions:
#        size    offset     fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
 a:   8388608         0 Linux Ext2      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 -   4095)
 d:   8388608         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 -   4095)
ar1204# newfs_ext2fs /dev/vnd6a
newfs_ext2fs: /dev/vnd6a: open for write: Device busy
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> If you bother to handcraft a basic linux image for bootstrapping debian etc, 
> it's worthwhile keeping a copy for creating custom installs later on. Also 
> consider backing up your fresh distro installs as these can be used to roll 
> out additional domu later on. Every now and then I boot into my backup images 
> and update them so I don't have to worry when rolling out.
>
> Hopefully some of that is useful.
>
> Sarton