On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 04:43:36PM +1100, McMahon, Peter (VIC) wrote: > Hi > > I am interested in testing out Vserver...for a particular requirement > we have. At the moment we are using VMWare server and it works of a > fashion (crashes with heavy Disk IO). Doing a bit of research/reading > before I take the plunge and I am a bit confused...in particular - > does the GUEST and HOST O/S have to be the same, see point 1) below the kernel is (implicitely) the same, the distro can be anything, given that it works with the kernel > We need to run RedHat 2.1 for a particular application...and 2.1 > will not install on our h/w. So, with out going into the trials and > tribualtions of RH 2.1 etc etc > > can I > 1) run RedHat 4 (or 5) as HOST OS - and then run a Vserver guest with RH > 2.1? yes, definitely, you can also run a completely different distribution like debian or ubuntu on that system > 2) If I can do point 1) above ...can I copy an exsisting RH 2.1 server > (from the VMWare guest) to Vserver as outlined in > http://wiki.linux-vserver.org/util-vserver:Howto_virtualize_an_exisiting_Linux_server > or have I completely missed what this article is about yes, basically you create a skeleton guest and move the entire installation into the data dir, or alternatively you could make use of the rsync build method HTH, Herbert > Thanks all > > Peter > > > > E-mail Disclaimer: > Any personal information in this e-mail must be handled in accordance with > the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 [Cth]. The information contained in > the e-mail may be confidential and if the person receiving the e-mail is not > the intended recipient they should immediately advise ARCBS by e-mail > response to the ARCBS sender and then deal with the e-mail as directed by > ARCBS. The views expressed in the e-mail are those of the individual sender > unless otherwise stated to be the views of ARCBS. No warranties are provided > that the e-mail is computer virus or other defect free.