smitty825
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
Posts: 3
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: VM Ware Image from Linode? |
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Has anyone attempted to copy their linode into a VM Ware environment? I'm getting ready to upgrade my linode from Gutsy to Hardy, and I want to test things before I go through with the upgrade.
It seems to me that it wouldn't be too hard:
1) Rsync the whole file-system to a blank disk image. (Though, how can one rsync the whole filesystem when they have root login disabled?)
2) Copy a regular Ubuntu Kernel to the /boot directory
3) Install Grub on the disk image and reboot. |
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Xan
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
Posts: 286
Location: Austin
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like it's worth a shot.
I just performed a similar upgrade (Sarge to Etch), and took advantage of Linode's instance-day billing to use a second Linode for a day or two. I cloned my existing node to the new one, upgraded on the new one (taking good notes, of course), and then was able to easily do it on the real deal.
But being able to have a VMWare mirror long-term would be very handy. |
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