Installing Linux on Kronos

Installing Linux

This example will walk you through installing Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit) on Kronos. Various other Linux distros and versions are supported (as are Windows versions): you can find out which by using the command

xe template-list

• The script below will require you to log directly into the VM in order to complete the installation. It is possible to use a pre-seed file to perform the installation process - see the xe documentation for more details.
• The script assumes that you are performing the installation from Dom0 on the local machine. It is possible to perform this task from a remote machine - again, see the xe documentation for more details.

#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -x

template=`xe template-list name-label="Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 (64-bit)" --minimal`
vm=`xe vm-install template=$template new-name-label=oneiric-vm-2`
network=`xe network-list bridge=xenbr0 --minimal`
vif=`xe vif-create vm-uuid=$vm network-uuid=$network device=0`

xe vm-param-set uuid=$vm other-config:install-repository=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
xe vm-param-set uuid=$vm PV-args="auto-install/enable=true interface=auto netcfg/dhcp_timeout=600 hostname=oneiric-vm-2 domain=hingston.demon.co.uk"

xe vm-start uuid=$vm