From: Daniel L. <da...@dt...> - 2006-06-01 11:57:18
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Hiya, This might be a really, really stupid question, but I'm not in-tune with = what UML really does so please excuse if so. I'm on an UML server via my ISP, but thinking of moving to either a new = virtual hosting service or a standalone machine. Is it possilbe to do an image of my UML installation and extract it on a = physical harddrive, and getting it to boot? I fear I can simply forget this but it would be really nice since I've = got a pretty complex system setup. Regards, Daniel |
From: Nic J. F. <nfe...@ta...> - 2006-06-01 12:48:22
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") Message-ID: <876...@ni...> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii "Daniel Lundberg" <da...@dt...> writes: > This might be a really, really stupid question, but I'm not in-tune > with what UML really does so please excuse if so. > > I'm on an UML server via my ISP, but thinking of moving to either a > new virtual hosting service or a standalone machine. Is it possilbe > to do an image of my UML installation and extract it on a physical > harddrive, and getting it to boot? > > I fear I can simply forget this but it would be really nice since > I've got a pretty complex system setup. A uml file system is most normally an ext3 (or some other fs) image plus a cow file (for local writes). You could just export the filesystem. Alternately, standard backup tools would do the job. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs |
From: Anthony B. <br...@st...> - 2006-06-01 14:56:05
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Quoting Daniel Lundberg <da...@dt...>: > Is it possilbe to do an image of my UML installation and extract it > on a physical harddrive, and getting it to boot? Depending on your Linux flavor (Fedora, Debian, etc.), it may help to pre-install some packages that a UML instance doesn't need. For example, you may need to install the software for grub (or lilo), the kernel (with kernel modules), etc. Also, I've used tar for backing up (and restoring) instances. It works quite well. Just remember use your boot-loader (grub, lilo, etc) to reinstall the boot block when you move it to its own hardware. Also, it wouldn't hurt to have a rescue disk pre-built so you have a known, working means for booting the instance. Good luck! Tony |