[Users] Distro necessity for OVZ

[Gregor at HostGIS]

> Do I always need a distro to run OpenVZ ? In my case, I don't use a
> distro but just kernel+initrd+my own application

Do you mean, can you run your mini-OS as a guest within a OpenVZ 
container? Very probably! If your "not a distro" can boot and run on 
normal hardware, you should be able to:

* take a snapshot of the installed system
* prune out the kernel and modules
* tar it up again
* then deploy it as a container template

There's a lot of tinkering involved, but the basic answer is that if 
it'll boot and run on hardware, it'll likely work in a container.

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