Amazon EC2: how to convert an existing PV AMI to HVM
- Start an Ubuntu HVM linux, any version, new
- Start an Ubuntu / with my existing AMI / PVM linux, and install grub packages on them:
apt-get install grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub-legacy-ec2 grub-gfxpayload-lists - Stop PVM linux
- Detach root (/dev/sda1) partition at PVM linux
- Attach PVM linux root partition to running HVM linux somewhere, e.g.: /dev/sdf
- On HVM linux:
mkdir -p /mnt/xvdf && mount /dev/xvdf /mnt/xvdf rsync -avzXA /boot/ /mnt/xvdf/boot/mount -o bind /dev /mnt/xvdf/dev && mount -o bind /dev/pts /mnt/xvdf/dev/pts && mount -o bind /proc /mnt/xvdf/proc && mount -o bind /sys /mnt/xvdf/syschroot /mnt/xvdfgrub-install --no-floppy --recheck --force /dev/xvdfupdate-grub2- exit chroot: CTRL+D
- stop HVM Linux
- detach /dev/sda1 original root AND detach /dev/sdf PVM root
- attach PVM root to HVM linux as /dev/sda1
- Start HVM linux, voilà!
- Create a new AMI image from the running HVM linux, it will be HVM virtualized.