Installing XenServer Tools on Ubuntu 10.04 - 0 views
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Create a VM from the Other install media template
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Attach the Ubuntu 10.04 ISO to the DVD drive of the VM
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Start the VM
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At the disk partitioning stage make sure to replace Ext4 with Ext3, or create a specific boot partition with Ext3
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Select at least the OpenSSH server package to be able to log in to the VM remotely
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Finish installation and boot the VM
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Connect to the VM using SSH
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sudo cp /etc/init/tty1.conf /etc/init/hvc0.conf sudo vi /etc/init/hvc0.conf
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Replace all occurrences of tty1 with hvc0
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Read /boot/grub/grub.cfg
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Copy the contents of menuentry near the bottom to a temporary text file, to be used as input for the makepv.sh script that we will use later on menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-server' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 02899ea9-1876-4e7b-8ef8-2b09b598cedb linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-server root=UUID=02899ea9-1876-4e7b-8ef8-2b09b598cedb ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-server }
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Make special note of /boot/vmlinuz…, root=UUID=… and /boot/initrd.img…
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Shutdown the VM
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Connect to the XenServer host with SSH
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Run the makepv.sh script, replacing my-vm-name with the actual name of your VM
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Boot the VM and log in with SSH
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In XenCenter, attach xs-tools.iso to the DVD drive of the VM
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sudo mount /dev/cdrom1 /mnt sudo dpkg -i /mnt/Linux/xe-guest-utilities_5.5.0-466_amd64.deb sudo umount /mnt
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In XenCenter, detach xs-tools.iso from the DVD drive of the VM (this ensures that XenServer does not complain about too many bootable devices)
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Reboot the VM and log in with SSH
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sudo update-rc.d -f xe-linux-distribution remove sudo update-rc.d xe-linux-distribution defaults
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Reboot the VM for the last time