Re: [Vserver] vserver-new reports a guest exists when it does not

From: Ola Lundqvist <opal_at_debian.org>
Date: Mon 07 Nov 2005 - 06:03:20 GMT
Message-ID: <20051107060320.GA28985@opalsys.net>

I had similar problems with the Debian version of this and my decision was to
change so it check for the .../vserver/etc directory instead of the .../vserver
directory. I had problem with check of .../vserver/var directory as it is used
in a .deb cache feature.

Regards,

// Ola

On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 06:08:36PM -0500, Chuck wrote:
> On Monday 31 October 2005 04:40 pm, Benedikt Boehm wrote:
>
>
> ahh, ok... hehe the word destroy had me a bit leery to use it :) so then if i
> have a mount point already set up, then i can just use the original line with
> the destroy parm and it will load it in fine onto the mounted partition.
>
> > On Monday 31 October 2005 19:08, Chuck wrote:
> > > this is on a gentoo system.
> > >
> > > i am trying to create a guest called support. i created the mount point
> > > in /vservers, it is mounted and a clear, empty volume. i run this command
> > > and get this result:
> > >
> > >
> > > phoenix vservers # vserver-new support --hostname support --context 3920
> > > --interface eth3:64.113.39.20/24 template
> > > /work/guest-stuff/template.tar.bz2 * Existing vserver installation found.
> > > Try --destroy
> >
> > vserver-new can handle mount points, just add --destroy and it will
> > umount/mount the defice automagically... (you have to specify destroy here,
> > because vserver-new can't decide if the mount point is fresh or already
> > used..
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