[Lxc-users] creating debian container on debian sid

Mon Oct 29 09:36:07 UTC 2012

Hi,

I'm using LXC 0.8.0~rc1-13 on Debian Sid but after running:

sudo lxc-create -n myfirstcontainer -t debian -- --preseed-file /usr/share/doc/lxc/examples/lxc-debian.cfg

and then:

sudo lxc-start -n myfirstcontainer

But the login prompt never appears. Is this a problem in the preseed
file? Or a problem with the configuration script?

Find all the output after this mail.

Is above command supposed to work? If not, why and how to change it?

I found some similar problems in the debian bugtracker but they are
either closed as being fixed or only apply to the LXC version in debian
wheezy.

cheers, josch

josch at hoothoot> sudo lxc-create -n myfirstcontainer -t debian -- --preseed-file /usr/share/doc/lxc/examples/lxc-debian.cfg
Note: Usually the template option is called with a configuration
file option too, mostly to configure the network.
For more information look at lxc.conf (5)

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josch at hoothoot> sudo lxc-start -n myfirstcontainer
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