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On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 02:46:56PM +0200, Harold Gutch wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:23:58AM -0500, david l goodrich wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:38:33AM +0200, Harold Gutch wrote:
> > >=20
> > > this actually isn't really NetBSD-related, but I could imagine that
> > > some people on this list might find this interesting - also, I believe
> > > that the goal is easier to achieve in a Linux dom0, so the main
> > > audience probably actually are people running a NetBSD dom0.
> > >=20
> > > Anyway, I wrote up a guide dealing with the problem of getting a Linux
> > > domU up and running given a NetBSD dom0, without having to clone an
> > > existing Linux-installation.  You rather create a Debian-installation
> > > completely from scratch, without needing an existing Linux
> > > installation or even (any) access to a Linux box at all.
> > >=20
> > > Well, here's the URL.  Have fun with it, and I'm always open to
> > > comments etc. on it:
> > >=20
> > >   http://www.gutch.de/NetBSD/docs/xen.html
> > >=20
> > >=20
> >=20
> > I have two stupid questions:
> >  1) what is 'ar' (ar p $i data.tar.gz | tar xzf -) and where can
> >     I get it?
>=20
> 'ar' is the GNU archive tool - just think of it as "something like
> tar".  It's part of the GNU binutils, so it comes with NetBSD per
> default (uhm - that is, you might need to have selected the compiler
> set "comp.tgz" when installing NetBSD).  In a normal, full NetBSD
> installation you will find it as /usr/bin/ar.  I think, later on, "ar"
> is the only reason that I need the whole binutils .deb file in the
> first (manual) download phase, as debootstrap uses it to unpack the
> .deb files it itself downloads.
>=20
Ah, I guess I'll have to install the compiler set.  Thanks.
  --david

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