Linux CD Install
Linux Installation from CD/DVD (unmodified)
Type:
ConVirt Provisionable Image
Version:
1.0
Author:
The ConVirt Team
Requirements:
ConVirt v0.8+, Xen v3.0.4+ OR KVM-70+, Hardware Virtualization (Intel VT/AMD SVM) enabled processor, Xen-enabled Linux host, Bootable Linux CD/DVD.
Description:
This image creates a 10G virtual disk (vbd) for use as the primary hard drive. The VM boots from a bootable Linux CD/DVD which, in turn, should kick off the distribution specific installation routine and deploy the OS on the primary hard drive.
Instructions:
- Check the default provisioning parameters and alter them to suit your environment if necessary.
- (Important) The default location for the CD/DVD drive is set to /dev/cdrom. Alter this to match your environment if necessary.
- Provision the VM configuration normally using ConVirt.
- Start the Virtual Machine (VM) and complete the installation.
- (Important) Once the installation is complete, edit the newly created VM's settings and set the 'boot' property to boot=c. (This ensures that the VM boots from disk as opposed to CD on the next restart)
- Restart the VM.
Contact:
Visit http://www.convirt.net. We can be reached there via our user forums or email.