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Subject: Re: Steps building Alpine Xen ISO?
To: "Dr. Lonnie Cumberland, PhD" <lonnie@outstep.com>
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It's a long time I don't build a custom ISO, so I dunno if things have 
changed, but this is a starting point:

https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/How_to_make_a_custom_ISO_image

leo

On 18/02/24 17:37, Dr. Lonnie Cumberland, PhD wrote:
> Hi Leo,
>
> Actually, I am working on a modified Xen for security and 
> fault-tolerance improvements using ideas from Xoar, and Dom0Less peer 
> papers and want to build out a new Xen ISO based upon Alpine for 
> various testing.
>
> With that in mind, I need to be able to easily build that ISO from 
> scratch.
>
> Thanks
> Lonnie
>
> On 2/18/2024 11:31 AM, Leonardo Arena wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> the already built Alpine XEN ISO does not suit your needs?
>>
>> https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/releases/x86_64/alpine-xen-3.19.1-x86_64.iso
>>
>> Cheers,
>> leo
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 5:25 PM Dr. Lonnie Cumberland, PhD 
>> <lonnie@outstep.com> wrote:
>>
>>     Hello All,
>>
>>     I have just started working with the Alpine Xen distro as I need
>>     a minimal size Xen that runs in RAM as a starting point on a project.
>>
>>     Being new to Alpine and have mostly used Ubuntu, CentOS, and a
>>     few others, I have a bit of experience in the Linux world, but
>>     just not a lot with Alpine but must say that I truly love the
>>     minimalist approach.
>>
>>     With that in mind, I would like to know if there is a developers
>>     link to building the Alpine Xen ISO from scratch or if someone
>>     might have the steps available that I could get and give it a try?
>>
>>     Any help would be greatly appreciated and have a great day,
>>     Lonnie
>>
>
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    <p>It's a long time I don't build a custom ISO, so I dunno if things
      have changed, but this is a starting point:</p>
    <p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/How_to_make_a_custom_ISO_image">https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/How_to_make_a_custom_ISO_image</a><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/02/24 17:37, Dr. Lonnie
      Cumberland, PhD wrote:<br>
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      <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hi Leo,<br>
        <br>
        Actually, I am working on a modified Xen for security and
        fault-tolerance improvements using ideas from Xoar, and Dom0Less
        peer papers and want to build out a new Xen ISO based upon
        Alpine for various testing.<br>
        <br>
        With that in mind, I need to be able to easily build that ISO
        from scratch.<br>
        <br>
        Thanks<br>
        Lonnie<br>
      </font><br>
      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/18/2024 11:31 AM, Leonardo Arena
        wrote:<br>
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          <div>Hi,</div>
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          <div>the already built Alpine XEN ISO does not suit your
            needs?</div>
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          <div><a
href="https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/releases/x86_64/alpine-xen-3.19.1-x86_64.iso"
              moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/releases/x86_64/alpine-xen-3.19.1-x86_64.iso</a></div>
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          <div>Cheers,</div>
          <div>leo<br>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at
            5:25 PM Dr. Lonnie Cumberland, PhD &lt;<a
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            <div> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hello All,<br>
                <br>
                I have just started working with the Alpine Xen distro
                as I need a minimal size Xen that runs in RAM as a
                starting point on a project.<br>
                <br>
                Being new to Alpine and have mostly used Ubuntu, CentOS,
                and a few others, I have a bit of experience in the
                Linux world, but just not a lot with Alpine but must say
                that I truly love the minimalist approach.<br>
                <br>
                With that in mind, I would like to know if there is a
                developers link to building the Alpine Xen ISO from
                scratch or if someone might have the steps available
                that I could get and give it a try?<br>
                <br>
                Any help would be greatly appreciated and have a great
                day,<br>
                Lonnie<br>
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