Archive for July, 2008

Configuring a Xen / QEMU Guest / Dom / VM to Boot Off of an *.iso Disc Image Using Redhat Virtual Machine Manager

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Assuming:

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.x
  • Virtual Machine Manager

Do it now:

  • Open Virtual Machine Manager
  • Select the VM
  • Select Details
  • Select the Hardware tab
  • Select Add
  • Select select select…say CLICK damn it!
  • Choose Storage
  • Select File-based
  • Browse to or enter the path of the *.iso disc image
  • Hit the rest of the buttons in the wizard…you’ll make it on your own; I promise*.

<Intermission>

Continue on:

  • Open the VM’s configuration file (usually in: /etc/xen/) in your text editor of choice
  • Change the ‘boot=’ line to ‘boot=”d”‘
  • Edit the portion of config file that specifies the new storage device. Change “hdx” to “ioemu:hdx:cdrom”.

*You may suck. Promise not legally binding.

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SCVMM Warning 3243

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Have you been lucky enough to stumble upon Warning 3243 when attempting to convert a VMware VM to a Virtual Server or Hyper-V VM in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)?

Yeah? Me too.

Is the opening sentence of this post too long?

Yeah? Tough.

The answer may be as follows (your mileage may vary):

  • Backup the original *.vmx (VMware) file
  • Open the *.vmx file in the text editor of your choice
  • Do a Find/Replace (or a hunt and peck methodology if you’re paranoid like me), replacing any instance of “ide” with “scsi”
  • Try the conversion for the tenth time
  • Breathe

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Windows Vista/2008 Complains About a Partition During Setup

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

The bad:

Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation.

The good:

  • Shift+F10
  • diskpart
  • select partition 123
  • active
  • exit

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