How can I allow an existing paravirtualized instance to boot from a CD-ROM image?
Best Answer
You can't do this with PV. You can always do this with HVM and then switch the vanilla kernel with a PV Xen kernel.
If you are trying to install Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOs or Gentoo, you can always use xen-tools which will do all the work for you. I believe you also have virt-install but I don't know which distributions can be installed using that.
1. extract the directory “odin” from the FreeDOS .iso image
2. install HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and run it.
3. Select your usb stick, “fat” as filesystem, check “Create a DOS startup disk” and select the “odin” directory under “using DOS system files located at”.
4. press “Start”, wait a little bit and your usb stick is finished
I was under the impression that was handled via hald.
Maybe not, but another option (presuming you don't need them), would be to just disable them via your server's BIOS. I've done that when I wanted to hold onto the drive, but not have it active in the system.
Best Answer
You can't do this with PV. You can always do this with HVM and then switch the vanilla kernel with a PV Xen kernel.
If you are trying to install Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOs or Gentoo, you can always use xen-tools which will do all the work for you. I believe you also have virt-install but I don't know which distributions can be installed using that.