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@ -6,23 +6,24 @@ CVS Repository:
http://xen-tools.cvsrepository.org/
xen-tools
---------
The xen-tools package contains a collection of Perl scripts for
working with Xen images under Debian GNU/Linux.
It is aimed at users who wish to create virtual instances of Debian.
You may easily manipulate instances of Debian Sarge, Etch, or Sid.
With the latest release you can also create virtual installations of
CentOS 4.
It is primarily aimed at users who wish to create virtual instances
of Debian Sarge, Etch, or Sid. Although there is support for installing
non-Debian instances this is both new and experimental.
There are two ways to use the scripts:
1. With loopback files (simplest but slower).
1. With loopback files (simplest)
2. With LVM.
Loopback Files
--------------
@ -45,9 +46,12 @@ Loopback Files
|-- bar [Virtual machine named 'bar']
| |-- disk.img [Disk image]
| `-- swap.img [Swap image]
| `-- install.log [Debootstrap installation log]
|-- etch [Virtual machine named 'etch']
| |-- disk.img [Disk image]
| `-- swap.img [Swap image]
| `-- install.log [Debootstrap installation log]
@ -55,7 +59,8 @@ LVM Support
-----------
If you wish to use the LVM support then you will give the
scripts an LVM device to store the images upon.
scripts an LVM volume which will be used to create the storage
within.
In this case you'll have two new volumes created, one for
the swap image and one for the disk storage.
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----------------
This script is designed to create new images which may be used
with the Xen virtual machine. You may create images of Sarge,
Etch, or Sid.
with the Xen virtual machine. You may create images of Debian
or the non-Debian distributions which include CentOS 4.
The virtual images will have their networking settings created and,
you may optionally cause the new instance to boot once it has
@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ xen-duplicate-image
xen-delete-image
----------------
This script will delete an image by hostname.
This script will delete a images by hostname.
xen-list-images
@ -112,5 +117,5 @@ xen-update-image
Steve
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$Id: README,v 1.29 2006-05-26 15:02:35 steve Exp $
$Id: README,v 1.30 2006-06-07 09:36:20 steve Exp $