Ubuntu 10.04 on XenServer 5.6

Install Ubuntu 10.04 onto XenServer 5.6

1. Create a VM

   First create a VM in XenCenter using the other install media template.

2. Install Ubuntu

   Install ubuntu to your liking and reboot into the new system.

3. Get GeTTY running on hvc0

   Tell getty to display on hvc0 (This does do the trick of getting a display on the console, but I am still unable to login or get any key-presses to work at all. I have to login via ssh to manage the system.)
   sudo cp /etc/init/tty1.conf /etc/init/hvc0.conf

4. Edit it to replace “tty1” with “hvc0”

   sudo nano -w /etc/init/hvc0

5. Create a link in /boot to itself

   sudo ln -s . /boot/boot

6. Install openssh-server

   sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install openssh-server

7. Shutdown the VM

8. Retrieve the UUID for the VM

   Assuming your VM is named “ubuntu10”
   xe vm-list name-label=ubuntu10 params=uuid

9. Retrieve the VBD UUID

   This is the UUID for the storage attached to the VM
   xe vm-disk-list uuid=<UUID-from-step8>

10. Clear out the HVM boot policy

    xe vm-param-set uuid=<UUID-from-step8> HVM-boot-policy=

11. Set the PV bootloader to pygrub

    xe vm-param-set uuid=<UUID-from-step8> PV-bootloader=pygrub

12. Lastly, set the VBD for the VM to be bootable

    xe vbd-param-set uuid=<VBD UUID-from-step9> bootable=true

13. Start the VM and login

    If your console fails to appear, try connecting to the VM using SSH. If you missed the step about getting GeTTY to output to hvc0, the login prompt will never appear.

14. Attach the xs-tools.iso to the VM and mount the image

    sudo mount /dev/cdrom1 /mnt

15. Install the XenServer tools

    Make sure you use the proper file for your architecture (amd64 or i386). A quick “ls” will confirm the version of the utilities in your xs-tools.iso. File names may (will) differ.
    sudo dpkg -i /mnt/Linux/xe-guest-utilities_5.5.901-562_i386.deb

16. Unmount the iso image and then detach it in XenCenter

    sudo umount /mnt

17. Reboot the VM