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Installation on Debian/old

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= Etch (Stable) =
OpenVZ is now a part of Debian Etch repository. The packages are 'vzctl' and 'vzquota'.
== install the kernel-image ==
=== precompiled kernel images at download.openvz.org ===
a A Debian OpenVZ kernel repository is online, for direct access http://download.openvz.org/kernel/debian/etch/
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update Update package lists
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# apt-get update
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list List downloadable OpenVZ linux-images
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# apt-cache search linux-image-2.6.18-openvz
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install Install a kernel
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# apt-get install <linux-image>
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Choose a linux-image (version 028stab035.1) :
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ovzkernel-2.6.18 (i386 and amd64)
Unpack the kernel-source:
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# cd /usr/src
Now you can apply the openvz kernel patch and modify your kernel-config:
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# ../kernel-patches/all/apply/openvz
You need the following OpenVZ kernel config settings:
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(taken from a OpenVZ Kernel 2.6.18-028test010.1 on 686)
Filesystem
<pre> INFO: Better to build the kernel-headers as well, so afterward other kernel-modules can be built without whole kernel tree (e.g. drbd -> drbd0.7-module-source) See also : # "make-kpkg --targets</pre>"
# /usr/sbin/update-grub
INFO: since the Debian ETCH-release the location of update-grub is moved from /sbin/update-grub to /usr/sbin/update-grub !
== Install the toolset ==
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