On 01/16/2013 07:26 PM, mattias wrote: > but i allredy have the freebsd disc image file on the server You may just create a logical volume, use dd(1) to transfer its contents onto the lv and use this. Done that several times, works like a charm. HTH, Timo PS: Please avoid top posting. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Dowdle" <dowdle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS" <centos-virt@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: create a guest > > >> Mattias, >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> can i create a guest with libvirt and use an existing disc with >>> freebsd? >> >> libvirt is a library. Programs are written to use the functions it >> provides. >> >> libvirtd is a service that does things like provide a DHCP server to VMs >> that are using NAT. >> >> virtsh is a command line tool to manage virtual machines. It uses >> libvirt. >> >> virt-manager is a GUI tool to manage virtual machines. It uses libvirt. >> >> There are a number of other tools that are named virt-{whatever}. One of >> those is virt-install. >> >> The most direct, but perhaps more complicated way to do everything is to >> simply run qemu-kvm from the command line and pass to it all of the >> arguments needed to create a virtual machine from which you can boot from >> install media. Installing an OS from installation media is a graphical >> thing. There is a virtual video card that shows the output of the booting >> media. You will need a GUI of some sort to do a raw install. Once you >> have created a virtual machine, you can use the existing VMs storage (disk >> image file, partition, etc) as a cookie cutter to make other VMs from in a >> less GUI way. >> >> As others have said, you should probably install enough GUI stuff on your >> VM host machine so you can start with virt-manager. You don't have to run >> a complete desktop to use virt-manager. In fact you can ssh -X to your VM >> host from another machine that has X running and have virt-manager appear >> on your local display without running X11 on the VM host. >> >> So the answer to the question you keep repeating... is yes... you can >> install FreeBSD from a disc... if you'll start figuring out the system, >> how it works, and the tools that are available to do what you want. >> >> Having said that, I've not installed FreeBSD and I've not done an install >> from a physical CD/DVD. I've always done Linux or Windows from an .iso >> file... and I primarily use virt-manager. The non-GUI ways are mostly for >> advanced users. >> >> TYL, >> -- >> Scott Dowdle >> 704 Church Street >> Belgrade, MT 59714 >> (406)388-0827 [home] >> (406)994-3931 [work] _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt