install openvz on debian

1 install base debian system  from  official i386 DVD Debian 4.0
   install gnome
#apt-get install gnome
#apt-get install xorg

2.
Repository setup

# echo -e "\ndeb etch openvz" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# wget -q -O- | apt-key add - && apt-get update

Kernel installation
compileing the OpenVZ kernel myself on Debian

#apt-get install kernel-package linux-source-2.6.18 kernel-patch-openvz libncurses5-dev

#cd /usr/src

#tar xjvf linux-source-2.6.18.tar.bz2
#cd linux-source-2.6.18

# cp /boot/config-2.6.18-4-k7  .config
#make-kpkg --append_to_version=-1-openvz --added_patches=openvz --revision=1 kernel_image
#cd ..
#dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.18-1-openvz_1_

i386.deb

# update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.18-1-openvz
#update-grub

Then reboot,after the reboot using the OpenVZ enbabled kernel check if all works,
and I'm geting this error message  at startup:
"kernel panic - not syncing : VFS: unable to mount root FS on unknown-block"


I tried to solve the problem later,and I downloaded the  precompiled Debian kernel



#wget  debian/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/base/linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-18-53.5d3-686_ovz004.1d3_i386.deb
#dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-18-53.5d3-686_ovz004.1d3_i386.deb

reboot from the new openvz kernel and  it works fine.
# uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.18-openvz-18-53.5d3-686 #1 SMP Sun Jan 11 01:09:09 CET 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

#ifconfig
...
venet0    Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
# sysctl -p
net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.proxy_arp = 0
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
kernel.sysrq = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0


building a gentoo container

#cd /var/lib/vz/template/cache
#wget

#vzctl create 101 --ostemplate gentoo-openvz-x86-2008.11.30
#vzctl set 101 --onboot yes --save
#vzctl set 101 --ipadd 192.168.1.120 --save

# vzctl set 101 --numothersock 120 --save

#vzctl set 101 --nameserver 202.106.0.20 --save
#vzctl start 101
#vzctl exec 101 passwd


Start the SSH server

# vzctl exec 101 /etc/init.d/sshd start
 * Generating Hostkey...
PRNG is not seeded
 * ERROR: sshd failed to start

It seems that ssh is not been installed, moreover,I can't acess the VPS even just by pinging the 192.168.1.120,the IP of the container.