alpine_setup1

created the lv disk xvda, xvdb and xvdc as for fedora.

as loop back ISO is not getting mounted in DHARRA - had to mount ISO on shoonya and the scp the 2 files (kernel+initramfs). UPDATE - after upgrade to 3.3.3 the local loop back mount is working.

using alpine domU instructions + the fedora config file created a new config file. gave a specifc MAC addr and bridge to br0 (directly to BT).

on boot did setup-alpine but no install.

create

/boot on xvda1 200M ext4

/ on xvda2 10G ext4

/home on xvdb1 100G ext4

swap on xvdc1 8G.

ifconfig eth0 up and udhcpc eth0.

edit /etc/apk/repositories and add UK repo

apk update

apk upgrade

apk add e2fsprogs

mkfs.ext4 /dev/xvda1 {and the other partitions: xvda2, xvdb1}

mount / on /mnt and then mkdir /mnt/home and /mnt/boot.

mounted the 2 partitions xvda1 and xvdb1 on the /mnt/boot and /mnt/home

setup-disk -v -m sys /mnt

this creates the necessary fstab (except swap) in /mnt/etc/fstab

dd bs=440 conv=notrunc count=1 if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/xvda (TO DO OR NOT TO DO).

then modify the xen_config_alpineServer to remove ISO and edit the additional modules line to give root=/dev/xvda2

boot. create the menu.lst file.

THIS WORKS FOR PV BOOTING USING domU KERNEL

IN dom0:

the xl config file should read

name = "alpineServer"

disk = [

• '/dev/mapper/nvmep3_lvm-xen_VG1_P_alpineServer,raw,xvda,rw',

'/dev/mapper/sataAB_data-xen_VG2_P_alpineServer,raw,xvdb,rw',

• '/dev/mapper/sataAB_swap-xen_VG3_P_alpineServer,raw,xvdc,rw',

]

kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/pv-grub-x86_64.gz"

extra = "(hd0,0)/grub/menu.lst"

vcpus = 2

maxvcpus = 3

memory = 8192

vif = [ 'type=vif, mac=04:16:3E:38:3B:A7, bridge=br0' ]

###vif = [ 'bridge=br0' ]

on_reboot = 'restart'

on_crash = 'restart'

on_poweroff = 'destroy'

In domU:

cd /boot

mkdir grub

cd grub

vi menu.lst

#/boot/grub/menu.lst

default 0

timeout 5

title alpine-xen-pv

root (hd0,0) ##this already refers to /boot - xvda1 partition...below paths are relative to this....

kernel /vmlinuz-grsec modules=sd-mod,ext4,squashfs console=hvc0 root=/dev/xvda2

initrd /initramfs-grsec

RESERVE IP FOR THIS MAC ADDRESS

Setup remote access w/ SSH and SCREEN

RUN xl command WITHOUT -c option ...so the console is not attached to dom0's shell

TO ATTACH TO CONSOLE OF RUNNING domU

xl console <id>

to detach: ^] (the telnet detach command)