Tag: 6.2
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XenServer 6.2: How to set up passthrough of a PCI or PCI-Express device
This is done by logging in as the root user to your XenServer system via SSH. To see the PCI devices available to your system, enter the following command: lspci Here is an example result: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 Northbridge only dual slot (2×16) PCI-e GFX…
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XenServer 6.2: Which VM type to use for Fedora 20 Live CD installation?
We were asked this today – we have found that the “Other Media” works fine for installation and use, where other options (Red Hat options, for example) don’t work.
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XenServer 6.2: How to boot a VM to CD/DVD rather than disk
We had a situation recently where a customer was experimenting with XenServer 6.2 and Ubuntu VMs; he accidentally powered off the VM during a distribution upgrade and the VM would only boot with a read-only filesystem. Loading an ISO into the virtual CD drive didn’t do the trick; there’s no obvious way of booting…