Re: [Libguestfs] how do i use a blob appliance the compiling from source
Hi Richard,
You can compile the rest of libguestfs, but first copy the
'kernel'
file into 'appliance/vmlinuz.fedora-12.x86_64.img' and the 'initrd'
file into 'appliance/initramfs.fedora-12.x86_64.img', before doing the
rest of the build.
The configure will still require for febootstrap or debootstrap, and
I've no febootstrap ported to gentoo.
So If configure detects debootstrap the compilation will probably look
for debian appliance, so I can probably simply
rename the fedora appliance/{initramfs,vmlinuz}.fedora-12.x86_64.img to
whatever the debian based make will be looking for,
if so to what names should i rename the fedora initramfs and vmlinuz?
I'm hoping that the build will notice that these files have
already
been created and not try to rebuild them, but I haven't actually tried
this. You might want to read the Makefile.am's and ping me on our IRC
channel for a bit more help with this.
It would be nice if there would be a configure option to tell the build
process to use a specified appliance.
> Also can I use non fedora & debian but use some minimal
gentoo based
> appliance I have?
>
Probably not. You cannot use any random appliance, since it needs to
have specific software installed, and a specific /init script etc.
How/where do i find the specific requirements of libguestfs appliance
so that I could try to build a gentoo appliance meeting these requirements?
Thanks
Alex
However you can use the Fedora or Debian appliance _on_ a Gentoo
host
no problem (ie. option (3)).
It should also be possible to (e)build a Gentoo appliance, which would
definitely be the best option here!