Ubuntu_domU

download ISO

mout -o loop isoFile mountPoint

cd /mountPoint/casper

pick up the vmlinuz and initrd.gz files from here.

umount moutPoint

Had problems with the live-server distro - the vmlinuz & initrd.gz files were found (as described above)...also added

extra = "console=hvc0" (below the initrd.gz entry)....yet on boot drops to initramfs shell.

Rather than banging head against this shit ... downloaded Ubuntu Server mini.iso:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
check the sha1sum.
then mount ISO and copy linux as vmlinuz_mini and the initrd.gz as initrd.gz_mini.
Modify the cfg file and boot ...JHakAAS.
Boots up ... connects ..destroy the existing partitions
xvda - (1) for boot & (2) for root
xvdb /home (remember to change docker preference to here...docker
xvdc swap
this shit didn't work ... after using the pv-grub to boot the fresh install ...ended up w/ the grub menu...could have tried to get the kernel from (hd0,0) ...but WTF.

so changed the cfg file to add builder = "hvm" ...to attempt HVM.

builder = "HVM"

uuid = "9306ddd5-a735-4f4a-b6c7-0113f066b9e1"  ##uuidgen

name = "ubu1804Internal_A"

# Kernel paths for install

kernel = "../vmlinuz_mini"

ramdisk = "../initrd.gz_mini"

#### CLONE CHANGE DISK

disk = [

    '/dev/mapper/nvmep3_lvm-internal_alp_A_VG1,raw,xvda,rw',

    '/dev/mapper/sataAB_data-internal_alp_A_VG2,raw,xvdb,rw',

    '/dev/mapper/sataAB_swap-internal_alp_A_VG3,raw,xvdc,rw',

    '/media/floppy/images/ubuntu-18.04-mini-amd64.iso,raw,xvdd,devtype=cdrom,ro'

boot = 'dc'

##domU settings

vcpus = 2

maxvcpus = 3

memory = 8192

#### CLONE CHANGE MAC +2

vif = [ 'mac=02:4A:F8:2E:A4:42, bridge=xenbr0' ]

on_reboot = 'restart'

on_crash = 'restart'

on_poweroff = 'destroy'

### remote GUI

stdvga = 1

videoram = 128

vnc = 1

vnclisten= '0.0.0.0'

vncunused=1

vncconsole = 1

#### CLONE CHANGE VNC port +1

vncdisplay = 23

vncpasswd = "some_very_secure_Shit"

Finish the install and then.. change the running config:

builder = "hvm"

uuid = "9306ddd5-a735-4f4a-b6c7-0113f066b9e1"  ##uuidgen

name = "ubu1804Internal_A"

##kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/pv-grub-x86_64.gz"

disk = [

    '/dev/mapper/nvmep3_lvm-internal_alp_A_VG1,raw,xvda,rw',

    '/dev/mapper/sataAB_data-internal_alp_A_VG2,raw,xvdb,rw',

    '/dev/mapper/sataAB_swap-internal_alp_A_VG3,raw,xvdc,rw',

boot = "c"

vcpus = 2

maxvcpus = 3

memory = 8192

vif = [ 'mac=02:4A:F8:2E:A4:42, bridge=xenbr0' ]

on_reboot = 'restart'

on_crash = 'restart'

on_poweroff = 'destroy'

stdvga = 1

videoram = 128

vnc = 1

vnclisten= '0.0.0.0'

vncunused=1

vncconsole = 1

vncdisplay = 23

vncpasswd = "some_very_secure_Shit"

Had trouble coz NO BIOS installed

apk add seabios

Boot w/ the new cfg and JHAKKAAAASS.....

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