Hit F12 for the boot menu when the system starts
Go to the BIOS setup and change the option for the network controller to On w/ PXE and reboot
Hit F12 and boot from the integrated NIC
Choose 32-Bit Debian Lenny, text install
Choose the language for the install
Choose United States with American English keymap
Keep the hostname and domain name the same
Choose manual entry of information for mirror country and enter mirror
Keep the package directory and proxy information the same
Choose eastern time for the time zone
Choose guided partition, use entire disk
Choose the only hard drive
Set the partitioning to put all files in one partition
Finish partitioning and write changes to disks
Set root password
Set the username and password for the user
Select not to participate in package usage survey
Uncheck all package information in the choosing functions section and reboot once complete
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Perform aptitude update and aptitude upgrade
Change the contents of /etc/modules to be 'loop max_loop=255'
Perform aptitude install xen-linux-system-2.6.26-2-xen-686 xen-tools openssh-server openssh-client
Confirm vif-script and vif-bridge is set and set network-bridge and network-script in /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp
Add 'dom0_mem=262144' to the end of the kernel option in the first section of the grub menu in /boot/grub/menu.lst
Delete the two entries directly below the first kernel section
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Create the directories /xen, /xen/images, /xen/boot, /xen/conf, and /xen/save and reboot