This is a guest OS definition for Ganeti (http://code.google.com/p/ganeti). It will install a minimal version of Debian Etch via debootstrap (thus it requires network access). This only works if you have a Debian-based node or you have debootstrap installed by hand on another distribution. You need to put these files in a directory under /srv/ganeti/os on all the nodes of the cluster (e.g. /srv/ganeti/os/debian-etch). Notes: - no password for root; simply login at the console - no network interfaces defined (besides lo); add your own definitions to /etc/network/interfaces