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Re: [Xen-users] Installing XCP from USB thumb drive



We have it installing fine from a USB stick.  Let me write up some instructions on what we use and I will send it out.

From: "cyberhawk001@xxxxxxxxx" <cyberhawk001@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:59:48 -0500
To: "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Installing XCP from USB thumb drive

I guess to throw my two cents in. I am also trying to get away from using CDs much anymore for installing anything with the advent of bootable USB drives, BUT XCP is, as far as i know, not possible to make it USB. It was just not made to run on a USB drive.

I have tried to use a program such as UNetbootin,  LinuxLive USB Creator, and even Universal USB Installer that you can use to put pretty much any Linux ISO onto a USB, BUT none of them worked. It would never boot XCP.

I also searched online for a while and could not find a way to make XCP bootable off USB.


On 6/20/2012 7:23 PM, George Shuklin wrote:
Well, we usually ran it from IP-KVM with ISO -> CD emulation.

But I think it too complicated to turn installer in usb-drive. You can try to use some kind of PXE boot with XCP if you have problems with CD attaching, but this is not very easy task.

PS Debian/Ubuntu xcp-xapi package is still unstable, but it gonna be the main package in the future (I think), so this problem is gonna disappear soon.

On 21.06.2012 03:05, Eric wrote:
Is CD-ROM/DVD-ROM the only way to install XCP?

Eric Pretorious
Truckee, CA


From: Eric <epretorious@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 4:28 PM
Subject: [Xen-users] Installing XCP from USB thumb drive

Has anyone experimented with installing XCP from a USB thumb drive? Is it possible? How was the installation media installed to the USB thumb drive (e.g., dd)?

Eric Pretorious
Truckee, CA

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