--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+export PATH #WTF?
+
+HOSTNAME="$2"
+DIST="$3"
+MIRROR="$4"
+IMAGESIZE="$5"
+IP="$6"
+
+ARCH=amd64
+
+#LVSIZE=`lvs --noheadings --units M --nosuffix -o Size /dev/xenvg/d_foobar_hda | sed 's/\..*//'`
+
+if [ -z "$IP" ]; then
+ IP=`host $HOSTNAME.xvm.mit.edu | sed 's/.* //' | head -n 1`
+fi
+
+VOLUME=/dev/mapper/xenvg-d_${HOSTNAME}_hda
+
+# If this script is interrupted, it may not clean up after itself.
+# In particular, it may leave ${VOLUME}1 mounted somewhere in tmp.
+# Unmount it, then kpartx -d $VOLUME to clean up.
+
+###
+### Create the device for SIPB-Xen purposes
+###
+echo ,${IMAGESIZE}$',L,*\n,,S\n;\n;' | sfdisk -uM -H 255 -S 63 $VOLUME
+kpartx -a $VOLUME
+
+# We use static IP addresses since dhcp doesn't work in paravm because
+# of a UDP checksum bug.
+
+xen-create-image --image-dev ${VOLUME}1 --swap-dev ${VOLUME}2 --fs ext3 --ide --arch $ARCH --dist $DIST --hostname $HOSTNAME --mirror $MIRROR --ip=$IP --netmask=255.255.0.0 --gateway=18.181.0.1 --template=/dev/null --cache
+
+# xen-create-image always creates a config file. The
+# --template=/dev/null argument makes it empty, but it still should be
+# removed.
+rm -f /etc/xen/$HOSTNAME.cfg
+
+kpartx -d $VOLUME