From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QZkjU-0007ou-Uo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:18:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 92CA61C055; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 589D21C055 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com ([209.85.215.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QZkfZ-003FPR-L1 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:14:10 +0700 Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so701441ewy.40 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:13:59 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.14.95 with SMTP id c71mr443214eec.61.1308838439821; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:13:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.99.67 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:13:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1308834735.3657.5.camel@stretch> References: <48478426.vrnISNt4Jx@eve> <1308827918.71397.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> <10149738.9Fez4OoRTa@eve> <1308834735.3657.5.camel@stretch> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:13:59 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 80ed06c70605f687e71485693c3b8558 On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 20:12, Albert Hopkins wrot= e: > > > On Thursday, June 23 at 13:45 (+0200), Joost Roeleveld said: > >> > Yes the stage4 should work similarly. =C2=A0However Pandu was asking >> about >> > building ".xva" which I know nothing about, unless an .xva is >> similar >> > to/same as a stage4 (I have no idea)? >> >> .xva is a format specifically for Citrix Xen. >> >> There are tools to convert "classic" Xen VMs to "xva" files: >> http://www.xen.org/files/xva/README >> >> I would be willing to assist in getting this tool to work with your >> program. >> All I'd need is a copy of your program along with assistance from >> Pandu Poluan >> to test the resulting XVA files. >> >> I do not run Citrix XenServer and have no need for it as Xen itself >> works fine >> for me. > > Thank you. I downloaded the xva.py script and created a target to > create .xva files. =C2=A0The script appeared to run fine. =C2=A0No errors= , but I > cannot verify that the .xva is good. =C2=A0I used hvm and converted the r= aw > image. =C2=A0The .xva is 4.1G whereras the original raw image is only 414= MB > (sparse). =C2=A0The .xva appears to be a tar file, but I guess w/o the -S > flag passed to gnu tar. > > My program is hosted on bitbucket[1]. =C2=A0The documentation for it is > outdated. > > -a > > [1] https://bitbucket.org/marduk/virtual-appliance/wiki/Home I'll give it a drive tomorrow (already 21:13 here in my country) Rgds, --=20 Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pepoluan Y! messenger: pepoluan MSN / Live:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pepoluan@hotmail.com (do not send= email here) Skype:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pe= poluan