[Lxc-users] slackware-13.37 template

[Christoph Willing]

On 18/07/2011, at 3:05 AM, Matteo Bernardini wrote:

> On 15/07/2011 15:04, Matteo Bernardini wrote:
>> I tried to assemble a slackware-13.37 template for lxc-create
>>
>> http://ponce.cc/slackware/various/lxc-slackware-1337
>
> moved it on github
>
> https://github.com/Ponce/lxc-slackware
>
> and tried to put down some hints to have a container running pretty  
> fast :)
>
> http://bit.ly/mSsvWU


Thanks for putting that template (& web page) together Matteo.

Its interesting that the template itself is so much larger than the  
existing templates for the other distributions (no big deal though).  
We could quibble about which packages constitute the base requirements  
for a container but its easy to change and I've now made several  
containers with this method - very neat and quite fast.

A particular change I had to make was to remove the config entries  
"lxc.mount.entry=proc" (also devpts & sysfs). With those entries I was  
not able to access some hardware device after I added them to the  
configuration and to the fstab. I used instead a standalone "lxc.mount  
= $rootfs/etc/fstab" and I was then able to access the device I had  
configured. Same issue & fix for access /lib/modules/2.6.37.6 (since  
the device driver needs to load a kernel module).

FYI, the hardware is quite interesting - HD video/audio capture card  
from http://www.blackmagic-design.com and I have a page about using it  
from a container at http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/research/accessgrid/software/lxcag/decklink.html


chris


Christoph Willing                       +61 7 3365 8316
QCIF Access Grid Manager
University of Queensland