From d7688ba92e638451eb0c8125f288ed4455bdc3bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "mwilli2@equilibrium.research" Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 08:52:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] bitkeeper revision 1.1159.1.362 (4189edd2vSNHtUnxICi2Lvf6gbaa-w) More prerequisites + some slightly saner instructions for setting up a root filesystem. --- docs/src/user.tex | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/user.tex b/docs/src/user.tex index 0d3a8c04b2..bb485362c7 100644 --- a/docs/src/user.tex +++ b/docs/src/user.tex @@ -206,16 +206,17 @@ distribution. \begin{itemize} \item A working Linux distribution using the GRUB bootloader and running on a P6-class (or newer) CPU. -\item An installation of Twisted v1.3 or above\footnote{{\tt -http://www.twistedmatrix.com}}. There may be a binary package -available for your distribution; alternatively it can be installed by -running `{\sl make install-twisted}' in the root of the Xen source tree. \item The Linux bridge control tools\footnote{{\tt http://bridge.sourceforge.net}}. \item Build tools (gcc v3.2.x or v3.3.x, binutils, GNU make). \item Development installation of libcurl. \item Development installation of zlib (e.g., zlib-dev). \item Development installation of Python v2.2 or later (e.g., python-dev). +\item An installation of Twisted v1.3 or above\footnote{{\tt +http://www.twistedmatrix.com}}. There may be a binary package +available for your distribution; alternatively it can be installed by +running `{\sl make install-twisted}' in the root of the Xen source tree. +\item \LaTeX, transfig and tgif are required to build the documentation. \end{itemize} \section{Download the Xen source code} @@ -876,7 +877,8 @@ Make a file system in the disk file: \\ Populate the file system e.g. by copying from the current root: \begin{verbatim} # mount -o loop vm1disk /mnt -# cp -ax / /mnt +# cp -ax /{root,dev,var,etc,usr,bin,sbin,lib} /mnt +# mkdir /mnt/{proc,sys,home,tmp} \end{verbatim} Tailor the file system by editing \path{/etc/fstab}, \path{/etc/hostname}, etc (don't forget to edit the files in the -- 2.30.2