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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