Fix examples of how to create VM images #22

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josch merged 5 commits from gioele/mmdebstrap:docs-fix-vm-creation into main 2022-02-14 06:45:31 +00:00

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@ -6817,12 +6817,14 @@ Create a bootable USB Stick that boots into a full Debian desktop:
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# You can use $(sudo blockdev --getsize64 /dev/sdXXX) to get the right # You can use $(sudo blockdev --getsize64 /dev/sdXXX) to get the right
# image size for the target medium in bytes # image size for the target medium in bytes
$ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \ $ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- \
part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : mkfs ext2 /dev/sda1 : \ part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \
set-label /dev/sda1 rootfs : mount /dev/sda1 / : \ part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : \
set-label /dev/sda1 rootfs : \
mkfs ext4 /dev/sda1 : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
tar-in debian-unstable.tar / xattrs:true : \ tar-in debian-unstable.tar / xattrs:true : \
upload /usr/lib/SYSLINUX/mbr.bin /mbr.bin : \ upload /usr/lib/EXTLINUX/mbr.bin /boot/mbr.bin : \
copy-file-to-device /mbr.bin /dev/sda size:440 : rm /mbr.bin : \ copy-file-to-device /boot/mbr.bin /dev/sda size:440 : \
extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : sync : umount / : shutdown extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : sync : umount / : shutdown
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G -enable-kvm debian-unstable.img $ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G -enable-kvm debian-unstable.img
$ sudo dd if=debian-unstable.img of=/dev/sdXXX status=progress $ sudo dd if=debian-unstable.img of=/dev/sdXXX status=progress
@ -6857,10 +6859,11 @@ Use as replacement for autopkgtest-build-qemu and vmdb2:
$ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- \ $ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- \
part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \ part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \
part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : \ part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : \
mkfs ext2 /dev/sda1 : mount /dev/sda1 / : \ mkfs ext4 /dev/sda1 : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
tar-in debian-unstable.tar / xattrs:true : \ tar-in debian-unstable.tar / xattrs:true : \
extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : \ upload /usr/lib/EXTLINUX/mbr.bin /boot/mbr.bin : \
sync : umount / : shutdown copy-file-to-device /boot/mbr.bin /dev/sda size:440 : \
extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : sync : umount / : shutdown
$ qemu-img convert -O qcow2 debian-unstable.img debian-unstable.qcow2 $ qemu-img convert -O qcow2 debian-unstable.img debian-unstable.qcow2
As a debootstrap wrapper to run it without superuser privileges but using Linux As a debootstrap wrapper to run it without superuser privileges but using Linux