[nzlug] mdadm and lvm on a live distro?

[Cliff Pratt]

Have a look at apt-proxy. Use version 2.

For IP address resolution, why not use the 'hosts' file, if you have 
fixed IP addresses for the VMs? Though learning the ins and outs of DNS 
is always a good idea.

Cheers,

Cliff

Nevyn wrote:
> I had to use vmware as part of my job at EDS. It was pretty simple to
> pick up (it was the windows version and thankfully I didn't need to do
> anything with vm servers or the like). I.e. install the proggie, copy
> the image from someone else (testing for a COE environment so having a
> COE made things really easy in this case) and get working.
> 
> I've decided I'm going to go the xen route though I do still have a
> few niggly little things that I know I'm going to have to learn. I.e.
> having something that can act as a server for apt sources so that I'm
> only downloading updates once. This would entail trying to get it to
> copy any sources that any of the vm's download to the apt sources
> mirror. Then there's always the other little fun bit - making sure I
> have a DNS server somewhere so that I don't have to remember silly
> 'lil numbers. This is definitely something I don't wanna have to do as
> they always seem so full blown and ugly. I.e. all I want to do is say
> "This is the name, map it to this ip addy" and be done with it.
> 
> On 3/7/07, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:
>> I've been learnign Xen for a couple of weeks. Compare that with the hour
>> or so it took to install and learn VMWare. Ummm.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Cliff
>>
>> Nevyn wrote:
>> > Something just occurred to me. Instead of mucking around with slax
>> > (which I've been doing for the last couple of days) it would be
>> > fantastic to run a live xen cd and then just create images on my file
>> > server with the set up's exactly how I'd like 'em. That way I would
>> > just be using debian just how I want it without having to have a
>> > system drive.
>> > Of course there's 2 problems here. 1. the live cd would have to have
>> > some sort of "copy to ram" option (rather than running directly off
>> > the cd all the time) and 2. I would have to learn how to use xen.
>> >
>> > On 3/5/07, Volker Kuhlmann <hidden at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> >> On Mon 05 Mar 2007 01:34:13 NZDT +1300, Nevyn wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Does anyone know of any live distro that has these two tools?
>> >>
>> >> openSUSE 10.2 live has both. And with man pages.
>> >>
>> >> Volker
>> >>
>> >> --
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