[clue] Some preparation before my talk

[Dan Kulinski]

If you are on google mail I can send you the presentation?

Dan

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Dan Kulinski <daniel at kulinski.net> wrote:
> Yeah, bring a CentOS box.  I have a DVD and an ISO on hand so we can
> quickly install it.
>
> As for VMWare or VirtualBox, no.  I tried to make a Xen setup on RHEL6
> but it was just impossible to get it to work right.  It is hard to
> pass through the vmx or smv extensions to the guest domains.
>
> I'll see about loading up my desktop for another demo machine.
>
> Dan
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:30 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
>> Can I just show up with a CentOS box and go from there?
>>
>> If not, can I get the commands to add the needed packages again?
>>
>> Also also, if one of our guests isn't lucky enough to have a spare box, or enough hard drive space for a dual-boot, could they, theoretically, do this in a VirtualBox or Vmware Workstation VM?
>>
>> --
>> David L. Willson
>> Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
>> RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu
>> Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
>>
>> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> One of the guys that sat through a test of my talk tonight just sent
>>> the following useful package:
>>>
>>> python-virtinst
>>>
>>> I am updating my slides to use this installation method as it sticks
>>> more to the command line.  Please include this in your install.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>   Dan
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Dan Kulinski <daniel at kulinski.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> > If you would like to follow along, here is the system layout I am
>>> > currently using:
>>> >
>>> > CentOS 6.3
>>> > I started with a minimal install and added the following:
>>> >
>>> > Package groups (installed with yum groupinstall "package name")
>>> > Virtualization
>>> > Virtualization Tools
>>> > Virtualization Client
>>> > Desktop Platform
>>> > Fonts
>>> >
>>> > Here are the separate packages I installed:
>>> > virt-viewer
>>> > libguestfs-tools
>>> >
>>> > I have also created a network bridge and turned off SELinux.
>>> >
>>> > To disable SELinux, edit /etc/sysconfig/selinux and change
>>> > enforcing
>>> > to disabled and then reboot.
>>> >
>>> > Here are my steps for creating a network bridge:
>>> > cp /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>>> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0
>>> >
>>> > Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0
>>> > TYPE="Bridge"
>>> > BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
>>> > ONBOOT="yes"
>>> >
>>> > Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>>> > BOOTPROTO=none
>>> > BRIDGE="br0"
>>> >
>>> > service network restart
>>> >
>>> > I have tried this on Ubuntu but the version of libguestfs-tools on
>>> > Ubuntu is out of date with upstream and will not work correctly on
>>> > a
>>> > RHEL6 image.  Red Hat has back ported the changes so these tools
>>> > will
>>> > work properly.
>>> >
>>> > Let me know if you have any questions.  I will be bringing in my
>>> > desktop that is currently setup to work and is running the setup I
>>> > based my presentation on.
>>> >
>>> > Dan
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