Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Tomas Mozes writes: > On 2014-12-04 02:14, lee wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to give Gentoo a try and want to install it in a xen VM. The >> server is otherwise running Debian. What would be the best way to do >> this? > > Either you can run a virtual machine using paravirtualization (PV) or > f

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Vladimir Romanov writes: > Well, what's the problem? When i do this, then i just install debian, xen > kernel, then create some config, download gentoo install cd, run it, and > follow the handbook. How do you run the installer CD in a PV VM? It's not like you could just boot it, or can you?

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Tomas Mozes
On 2014-12-04 11:08, lee wrote: Tomas Mozes writes: On 2014-12-04 02:14, lee wrote: Hi, I'd like to give Gentoo a try and want to install it in a xen VM. The server is otherwise running Debian. What would be the best way to do this? Either you can run a virtual machine using paravirtua

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:09 AM, lee wrote: > Vladimir Romanov writes: > >> Well, what's the problem? When i do this, then i just install debian, xen >> kernel, then create some config, download gentoo install cd, run it, and >> follow the handbook. > > How do you run the installer CD in a PV VM?

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Michael Vetter
> Maybe you need to pass the resume-partition parameter to the kernel in the bootloader. Point it to your swap device. Maybe I should add: I have EFI notebook, and my kernel is copied to /boot/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. So I boot over that EFI thing because it seemed the easiest thing to set up.. > b)

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 4 December 2014 17:30:28 CET, Michael Vetter wrote: >> Maybe you need to pass the resume-partition parameter to the kernel >in >the bootloader. Point it to your swap device. > >Maybe I should add: I have EFI notebook, and my kernel is copied to >/boot/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. So I boot over that

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Michael Vetter
> Did you try suspending using the echo command I mentioned earlier? Yes, it seemed to work (just starting up again didn't). > You can set the resume partition in the kernel. Might be an option. Okay, so I changed my kernel command string from "root=/dev/sdb2" to "root=/dev/sdb2,resume=/dev/mapper

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Randolph Maaßen
2014-12-04 17:58 GMT+01:00 Michael Vetter : >> Did you try suspending using the echo command I mentioned earlier? > Yes, it seemed to work (just starting up again didn't). > >> You can set the resume partition in the kernel. Might be an option. > Okay, so I changed my kernel command string from "ro

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Michael Vetter
Am 04/12/14 18:10, schrieb Randolph Maaßen: > 2014-12-04 17:58 GMT+01:00 Michael Vetter : >>> Did you try suspending using the echo command I mentioned earlier? >> Yes, it seemed to work (just starting up again didn't). >> >>> You can set the resume partition in the kernel. Might be an option. >> O

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Tomas Mozes writes: > On 2014-12-04 11:08, lee wrote: >> Tomas Mozes writes: >> >>> On 2014-12-04 02:14, lee wrote: Hi, I'd like to give Gentoo a try and want to install it in a xen VM. The server is otherwise running Debian. What would be the best way to do this?

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, lee wrote: > Tomas Mozes writes: >> >> The kernel is not in stage3, you have to compile it yourself (or >> download from somewhere). When you have the kernel image binary, the >> xen configuration for the host can be simple as: > > Compile it with what? Are the so

[gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread Joseph
I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7 shares (folder) via samba on Linux. I think, I need to enable "CONFIG_NTFS_FS" in kernel? In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel as well, am I correct? -- Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 4 December 2014 18:32:16 CET, Michael Vetter wrote: >Am 04/12/14 18:10, schrieb Randolph Maaßen: >> 2014-12-04 17:58 GMT+01:00 Michael Vetter >: Did you try suspending using the echo command I mentioned earlier? >>> Yes, it seemed to work (just starting up again didn't). >>> You can

Re: [gentoo-user] automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread Alex Brandt
Hey James, I've removed the original content for length but I love the ideas you've put together for an overarching testing strategy. I've begun work on a small ebuild testing framework, etest [1], that I believe fits into your model quite well. It uses docker images for isolation and repeata

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread thegeezer
On 04/12/14 18:49, Joseph wrote: > I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7 > shares (folder) via samba on Linux. > I think, I need to enable "CONFIG_NTFS_FS" in kernel? no just cifs > > In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel > as well, am I

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread Joseph
On 12/04/14 19:15, thegeezer wrote: On 04/12/14 18:49, Joseph wrote: I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7 shares (folder) via samba on Linux. I think, I need to enable "CONFIG_NTFS_FS" in kernel? no just cifs In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this o

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 4 December 2014 19:49:35 CET, Joseph wrote: >I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7 >shares (folder) via samba on Linux. >I think, I need to enable "CONFIG_NTFS_FS" in kernel? No. CIFS and install Samba. >In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option

Re: [gentoo-user] automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 12/04/2014 02:02 PM, Alex Brandt wrote: > Hey James, > > I've removed the original content for length but I love the > ideas you've put together for an overarching testing strategy. > > I've begun work on a small ebuild testing framework, etest [1], > that I believe fits into your model quite

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:15:07 +, thegeezer wrote: > > In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel > > as well, am I correct? > > > yes > You're probably better off not using the in-kernel NTFS and using ntfs-3g instead, which also includes mkfs.ntfs. You can't form

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Rich Freeman writes: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:09 AM, lee wrote: >> Vladimir Romanov writes: >> >>> Well, what's the problem? When i do this, then i just install debian, xen >>> kernel, then create some config, download gentoo install cd, run it, and >>> follow the handbook. >> >> How do you r

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Rich Freeman writes: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, lee wrote: >> Tomas Mozes writes: >>> >>> The kernel is not in stage3, you have to compile it yourself (or >>> download from somewhere). When you have the kernel image binary, the >>> xen configuration for the host can be simple as: >> >> C

[gentoo-user] Re: automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread James
Alec Ten Harmsel alectenharmsel.com> writes: > > an automated fashion. It's also extremely alpha and I find new > > issues every time I use it. alpha is my middle name. > > That all being said I would love feedback and if anyone is brave > > enough to use it I would love to start catalogi

Re: [gentoo-user] automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > > It'd be cool if Gentoo had some sort of automated workflow (with > Jenkins, buildbot, whatever) like this: > > 1. Receive pull request > 2. Detect changed ebuild > 3. test ebuild with etest > > This will take a lot of work to set up, and

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernation

2014-12-04 Thread Marc Stürmer
Am 04.12.2014 um 17:30 schrieb Michael Vetter: Yes, thats what I want to achive. The sad thing about hibernation is, that it has always kinda been some kind of lackluster in the kernel and quite disappointing. It is a kind of area which does not get much love in the kernel for at least over

Re: [gentoo-user] automated code validation

2014-12-04 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 12/04/2014 04:08 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel > wrote: >> It'd be cool if Gentoo had some sort of automated workflow (with >> Jenkins, buildbot, whatever) like this: >> >> 1. Receive pull request >> 2. Detect changed ebuild >> 3. test ebuild with e

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:39 PM, lee wrote: > Rich Freeman writes: > >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, lee wrote: >>> Tomas Mozes writes: The kernel is not in stage3, you have to compile it yourself (or download from somewhere). When you have the kernel image binary, the xen

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:30 PM, lee wrote: > Rich Freeman writes: > >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:09 AM, lee wrote: >>> Vladimir Romanov writes: >>> Well, what's the problem? When i do this, then i just install debian, xen kernel, then create some config, download gentoo install cd, run

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-04 Thread lee
Rich Freeman writes: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:39 PM, lee wrote: >> Rich Freeman writes: >> >>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, lee wrote: Tomas Mozes writes: > > The kernel is not in stage3, you have to compile it yourself (or > download from somewhere). When you have the k