At 6:20:38 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:Loading from a USB key
Xen virtualization
compiling the whole thing from source.
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At 6:21:22 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:Fedora 10 is coming this month and I
want to learn how to do a bunch of
new things.
I also downloaded some other Linux spins
and would like to try these.
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At 6:25:02 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:It has a been a goal of mine to have a
music production machine, and
I have tried various things over the
years including planet CCRMA
FC LKive preview is Fedora 9.93
I am running it on my laptop right now.
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At 6:35:03 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:here I am as 'live user' on rover (my
notebook. And there is even an
connection to the internet at boot from
this machine.
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At 6:36:02 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:Pretty cool. Now how to boot from a USB.
There is an icon that says:
Install to Hard Drive.
I could but . . .
think I will wait till the end of the
month when FC10 is out for real.
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At 6:37:06 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:Other things I would like to explore:
one linux for mysql, one linux for
httpd, one linux for running kate . . .
One linux for spiders.
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At 6:41:07 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:OK, the local disk is not seen.
Don't know if it could be, or how
to mount it.
There is no 'home/bperil'
would I find the local drive with
dolphin?
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At 6:43:52 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:Or how would I set up the samba shares
with a live CD boot?
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At 6:46:04 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:I can find the Windows harddrive but not
the Linux one. My notebook as two harddrive.
I suppose the live CD must have an issue
with that (a non standard case I am sure).
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At 6:46:53 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:here is a tree of /dev/disk from the live
CD boot:
[liveuser@localhost dev]$ tree disk/
disk/
|-- by-id
| |-- ata-TOSHIBA_MK1031GAS_16MG5278T -> ../../sda
| |-- ata-TOSHIBA_MK1031GAS_16MG5278T-part1 -> ../../sda1
| |-- ata-TOSHIBA_MK1031GAS_16MG5278T-part2 -> ../../sda2
| |-- ata-TOSHIBA_MK1031GAS_16MG5279T -> ../../sdb
| |-- ata-TOSHIBA_MK1031GAS_16MG5279T-part1 -> ../../sdb1
| |-- ata-TOSHIBA_MK1031GAS_16MG5279T-part2 -> ../../sdb2
| |-- scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MK1031G_16MG5278T -> ../../sda
| |-- scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MK1031G_16MG5278T-part1 -> ../../sda1
| |-- scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MK1031G_16MG5278T-part2 -> ../../sda2
| |-- scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MK1031G_16MG5279T -> ../../sdb
| |-- scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MK1031G_16MG5279T-part1 -> ../../sdb1
| `-- scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MK1031G_16MG5279T-part2 -> ../../sdb2
|-- by-label
| |-- F10-PR-x86_64-Live-KDE -> ../../sr0
| |-- OS -> ../../sda1
| `-- \x2fboot -> ../../sdb1
|-- by-path
| |-- pci-0000:00:14.1-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda
| |-- pci-0000:00:14.1-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1
| |-- pci-0000:00:14.1-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2
| |-- pci-0000:00:14.1-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb
| |-- pci-0000:00:14.1-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1
| |-- pci-0000:00:14.1-scsi-0:0:1:0-part2 -> ../../sdb2
| `-- pci-0000:00:14.1-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sr0
`-- by-uuid
|-- 6D33A8E37C2B4929 -> ../../sda1
`-- feefb849-6c1f-45a4-9721-5a06c85fcd2b -> ../../sdb1
4 directories, 24 files
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At 6:48:17 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:and a df:
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/live-rw 3.0G 2.1G 928M 70% /
tmpfs 437M 76K 437M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sr0 654M 654M 0 100% /mnt/live
varcacheyum 437M 0 437M 0% /var/cache/yum
/tmp 437M 260K 437M 1% /tmp
vartmp 437M 15M 422M 4% /var/tmp
/dev/sda1 93G 43G 51G 47% /media/OS
/dev/sdb1 99M 20M 74M 22% /media/-boot
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At 6:52:57 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:The linux partition is not seen.
so sad:
kate &
bash: kate: command not found
[2] 4530
[2]+ Exit 127 kate
It should always be there. Ah, but where
would I save?
I suppose on a USB key.
Are harddrive passe?
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At 6:53:27 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:In any case I can ssh -Y over
to my other machine and do what I need to
do over there from here!
That is very cool
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At 6:54:18 PM EST on Wed Nov 12, 2008 bperil wrote:What will it do when I plug in a usb device?
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At 2:13:20 PM EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008 bperil wrote:$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol00
457G 163G 271G 38% /
/dev/sdc1 190M 54M 127M 30% /boot
tmpfs 1006M 12K 1006M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda2 293G 256G 23G 93% /media/Montpelior
/dev/sdb1 294G 82G 197G 30% /media/OldDual
/dev/sde5 184G 82G 93G 47% /media/A__
/dev/sde6 276G 187G 75G 72% /media/B__
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
287G 252G 21G 93% /media/oldFC
gvfs-fuse-daemon 457G 163G 271G 38% /home/bperil/.gvfs
/dev/sr1 7.4G 7.4G 0 100% /media/TRU
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At 2:13:59 PM EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008 bperil wrote:$ tree disk
disk
|-- by-id
| |-- ata-ST3320620AS_5QF07D1E -> ../../sdd
| |-- ata-ST3320620AS_5QF07D1E-part1 -> ../../sdd1
| |-- ata-ST3320620AS_5QF07D1E-part2 -> ../../sdd2
| |-- ata-ST3320620AS_5QF07D6A -> ../../sda
| |-- ata-ST3320620AS_5QF07D6A-part1 -> ../../sda1
| |-- ata-ST3320620AS_5QF07D6A-part2 -> ../../sda2
| |-- ata-ST3320833AS_5NF1S75B -> ../../sdb
| |-- ata-ST3320833AS_5NF1S75B-part1 -> ../../sdb1
| |-- ata-ST3500630AS_9QG3QENM -> ../../sdc
| |-- ata-ST3500630AS_9QG3QENM-part1 -> ../../sdc1
| |-- ata-ST3500630AS_9QG3QENM-part2 -> ../../sdc2
| |-- ata-ST3500630A_9QG36KJZ -> ../../sde
| |-- ata-ST3500630A_9QG36KJZ-part1 -> ../../sde1
| |-- ata-ST3500630A_9QG36KJZ-part5 -> ../../sde5
| |-- ata-ST3500630A_9QG36KJZ-part6 -> ../../sde6
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_5QF07D1E -> ../../sdd
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_5QF07D1E-part1 -> ../../sdd1
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_5QF07D1E-part2 -> ../../sdd2
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_5QF07D6A -> ../../sda
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_5QF07D6A-part1 -> ../../sda1
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_5QF07D6A-part2 -> ../../sda2
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3320833AS_5NF1S75B -> ../../sdb
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3320833AS_5NF1S75B-part1 -> ../../sdb1
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3500630AS_9QG3QENM -> ../../sdc
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3500630AS_9QG3QENM-part1 -> ../../sdc1
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3500630AS_9QG3QENM-part2 -> ../../sdc2
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3500630A_9QG36KJZ -> ../../sde
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3500630A_9QG36KJZ-part1 -> ../../sde1
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3500630A_9QG36KJZ-part5 -> ../../sde5
| |-- scsi-SATA_ST3500630A_9QG36KJZ-part6 -> ../../sde6
| |-- usb-Generic_USB_CF_Reader_2004888-0:1 -> ../../sdg
| |-- usb-Generic_USB_MS_Reader_2004888-0:3 -> ../../sdi
| |-- usb-Generic_USB_SD_Reader_2004888-0:0 -> ../../sdf
| `-- usb-Generic_USB_SM_Reader_2004888-0:2 -> ../../sdh
|-- by-label
| |-- Montpelior -> ../../sda2
| |-- OldDual -> ../../sdb1
| |-- TRU -> ../../sr1
| |-- \x2fboot -> ../../sdd1
| |-- \x2fboot1 -> ../../sdc1
| |-- sep_23_07_200G -> ../../sde5
| `-- sep_23_07_300G -> ../../sde6
|-- by-path
| |-- pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:6:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sdf
| |-- pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:6:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:1 -> ../../sdg
| |-- pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:6:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:2 -> ../../sdh
| |-- pci-0000:00:0b.0-usb-0:6:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:3 -> ../../sdi
| |-- pci-0000:00:0d.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sde
| |-- pci-0000:00:0d.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sde1
| |-- pci-0000:00:0d.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part5 -> ../../sde5
| |-- pci-0000:00:0d.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part6 -> ../../sde6
| |-- pci-0000:00:0d.0-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sr0
| |-- pci-0000:00:0d.0-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sr1
| |-- pci-0000:00:0d.0-scsi-1:0:1:0 -> ../../sr2
| |-- pci-0000:00:0e.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda
| |-- pci-0000:00:0e.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1
| |-- pci-0000:00:0e.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2
| |-- pci-0000:00:0e.0-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sdb
| |-- pci-0000:00:0e.0-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1
| |-- pci-0000:00:0f.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc
| |-- pci-0000:00:0f.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1
| |-- pci-0000:00:0f.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sdc2
| |-- pci-0000:00:0f.0-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sdd
| |-- pci-0000:00:0f.0-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdd1
| `-- pci-0000:00:0f.0-scsi-1:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sdd2
`-- by-uuid
|-- 2658282c-3ed5-4902-90fe-fc50f1eb7925 -> ../../sde5
|-- 7c012015-5f60-4059-9733-f7bcc05e0962 -> ../../sde6
|-- 88837175-de05-4001-b177-48717bffdd37 -> ../../sdc1
|-- c2b57e37-dbf3-40b2-85ab-ba451d306aa1 -> ../../sdd1
|-- f14bc2ac-5f2f-479f-97db-c9e23c6973d1 -> ../../sda2
`-- fc38089b-a569-4e13-b549-ac6a97555242 -> ../../sdb1
4 directories, 69 files
[bperil@localhost dev]$
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At 1:07:01 AM EST on Wed Dec 31, 2008 bperil wrote:After the install of fc10 on beryl it has taken
be this long to finally get the grub
configuration correct.
To fix the issues I 'updated' the
system and then reinstalled grub. This took
a long time to figure out which drive, and
rebooting the whole time and having
to change the boot drive.
Before I was able to get things working
by booting from a different drive.
That finally broken (while I was trying
to modify).
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At 7:38:58 PM EST on Thu Jan 1, 2009 bperil wrote:creating a live cd image with the livecd-creator
program is easy. I have finally gotten
to it tonight.
I also want to put it on a flash drive as well.
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At 7:41:10 PM EST on Thu Jan 1, 2009 bperil wrote:livecd-creator uses a kickstart file
for the list of what it needs.
Kickstart, for anyone who doesn't know
is used to load a specific configuration in
a specific way. It allows one
to specify an exact load for a system, ie
how to clone a system.
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At 7:41:51 PM EST on Thu Jan 1, 2009 bperil wrote:livecd-creator goes out and gets the
files from the various repositories
for the build.
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At 4:01:10 PM EST on Mon Jan 12, 2009 bperil wrote:WebView component is now working!
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At 5:14:57 PM EST on Sun Jan 25, 2009 bperil wrote: 858 linux livecd-fedora-minimal-200901251648.iso
859 man livecd-creator
860 livecd-creator --help
861 man init
862 linux
863 livecd
864 linux64
865 linux64 livecd-fedora-minimal-200901251648.iso
866 ls -otr
867 man linux64
868 linux64 --help
869 man qemu-kvm
870 qemu-kvm
871 sudo yum install kvm qemu
872 sudo qemu-kvm -m 512 -cdrom livecd-fedora-minimal-200901251648.iso
873 ls -otr
874 history
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At 5:15:19 PM EST on Sun Jan 25, 2009 bperil wrote:Jeff and I are trying this out tonight
at club jeff |
At 5:23:11 PM EST on Tue Jan 27, 2009 bperil wrote:here is the command for installing
virtualization:
sudo yum groupinstall 'Virtualization'
This information is provided on an fc10
doc page.
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At 5:31:24 PM EST on Tue Jan 27, 2009 bperil wrote:Ok, and after installing the various
virtualization tools I needed to start
the service libvirtd.
Then the command :
virt-machine
works, opens a gui, and shows me the QEMU
instance that I have running from a
livecd-creator created iso that I am running.
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At 5:33:44 PM EST on Tue Jan 27, 2009 bperil wrote:I copied the iso and am running
another instance just to see it show up
in virtual manager.
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At 5:46:10 PM EST on Tue Jan 27, 2009 bperil wrote:I've got 5 different iso's running
as different vm's (virtual machines).
I am not sure what to do with them now.
I guess set up networking?
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At 5:55:18 PM EST on Tue Jan 27, 2009 bperil wrote:OK, so when I get connectivity with these
virtual machines then I can update them
and install various things to them is I so
desire in the same way that I would with
yum on the desktop.
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At 6:32:53 PM EST on Tue Jan 27, 2009 bperil wrote:Alright, so I am using a fedora 10 install
disk and creating a virutal fedora 10
system called monkey2.
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At 6:49:23 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:One needs to install
spin-kickstarts:
sudo yum install spin-kickstarts
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At 6:51:37 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:Wow! That give a very large
bunch of spins. Very cool.
they are in /usr/share/spin-kickstarts
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At 6:59:24 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:Here is the command I will use:
sudo livecd-creator --config= \
/usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop-en_US.ks \
--fslabel=Fedora-LiveCD_desktop
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At 7:02:35 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:When I did this before with a minimal
installation it took quite a long time.
So now what to do but just walk away for
an hour or so and see what results?
I like the way that the virt-machine
allows one to pass an install path.
livecd-creator takes a kickstart file.
They both accomplish the same thing.
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At 8:08:08 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:It is very much a kick to see the fedora
booting up in a nice little qemu shell!
What a very awesome thing!
I reviewed the kickstart file and
it doesn't have kde.
it is gnome which is fine with me.
Now how do I get networking?
What about passwords?
It is so nice and pretty!
If I copy the iso I can run a bunch of these .
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At 8:08:31 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:OK, I am running firefox from within
the virtual client.
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At 8:10:52 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:Well, it made things a little bit slower
but that virutualized linux is running!
And it even has networking enabled.
Now that is one hell of a deal! It
is able to see 192.168.1.100, which
is my local server on another machine!
I could see how it would rock to set
up many different IP addresses, each
running a different httpd configuration
and have them all work in consort!
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At 8:35:47 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:Well, I was
able to run firefox but then
the virtualized linux came to a screetching
halt . . .
And I had to kill the qemu shell to end
the process because I could never
get it to let me do a proper shutdown.
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At 9:03:29 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:Now the final step is burning the iso
to a flash (usb media).
I have an issue with the ati
graphics on my notebook: it doesn't always
initialize correctly. And thus if
I were travelling and this happened
I don't know how I would be able to
fix it. Also the ctrl-alt-f<n>
command sequence doesn't seem to bring
up a terminal. So when this happens
I am not able to proceed.
Hopefully if I have a live-cd image I
can get around this issue.
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At 9:03:55 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:very cool:
sudo /usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk Fedora-LiveCD_desktop.iso /dev/sdh
Verifying image...
/home/bperil/livecd/Fedora-LiveCD_desktop.iso: 3742ff6680b6c1e3b827af3645f521d5
Fragment sums: ba1315bf7767ec7f1c619aaf7ef23a6a2c6778625a59ca9ece995f5e11cb
Fragment count: 20
Checking: 100.0%
The media check is complete, the result is: PASS.
It is OK to use this media.
Copying live image to USB stick
Updating boot config file
Installing boot loader
USB stick set up as live image!
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At 9:04:15 PM EST on Thu Jan 29, 2009 bperil wrote:Now to test it in the notebook computer.
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