On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 03:13:25PM -0700, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> I currently use LV hosts and guests based on CentOS 5.x.
> This means I either have to learn to build my own kernel RPM or (this is
> going to sound bad no matter how I put it) trust in others. The trust
> isn't so much in their work but in their having time to do the work.
> I figure I should start building my own. This way I get the latest and
> greatest and it could lead to a LV "distribution."
> So how do I go about getting the leanest and meanest host? Right now,
> even if I build from a stripped down install of CentOS there are a pile
> of "extras".
> But I'd still like to build CentOS guests (yum, etc.) to make the
> maintenance/upkeep easier on others.
> They feel like contradictory goals.
> So my question for now: How do the developers build their systems?
I usually install latest Mandriva (2010.x atm) from the
dual boot disk or via pxe network booting, selecting the
absolute minimum of packages (takes usually 10min to
complete), then I remove all media and add rsync media
and run an update (to make sure that all fixes are there)
after that I install a toolchain, grab the kernel source
and patches, as well as util-vserver, copy over my base
config and do some hardware specific modifications, then
build the kernel and tools (takes about 15-20 min on the
first run), after that and another reboot, the system is
up and ready to get some guests ... usually I build a
debian guest to check that the build system works, after
that I copy over my templates and/or build a new system
via urpmi or debootstrap (depends on what I use it for)
and that's basically it :)
best,
Herbert
> \\||/
> Rod
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Received on Wed Jul 7 15:59:08 2010