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Debian VM Server Install
- 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
- Delete /etc/apt/sources.list and then wget it from http://10.80.2.6/files/student/sources.list
- 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
- Change the contents of /etc/xen-tools/xen-tools.conf to be the same as the blocked text on the project page http://lab46.corning-cc.edu/haas/hpc0/projects/vm_server_install
- Create the directories /xen, /xen/images, /xen/boot, /xen/conf, and /xen/save and reboot
Creating Virtual Machines
- Use ssh to get into the VM Server we created in the previous project.
- Issue this line 'xen-create-image –hostname=vm02 –mac=00:16:3e:2e:c0:02 –role=udev –force' to create the virtual machine
- Issue a password for the machine and confirm it
- After that finishes issue the command 'xm create -c /xen/conf/vm02.cfg' to boot the virtual machine
- Log in with root and the password you created in Step 3
- You can list active machines with 'xm list'
- Exit and then detach from the machine by issuing an exit command and pressing Ctrl-] to detach from it
- You can login later by issuing the command 'xm console vm02'
user/mtaft4/projects/vm_server.txt · Last modified: 2010/12/18 01:21 by mtaft4
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