How to Network Boot (PXE) an Automated Installation of Citrix Xen

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mkdir -p /var/www/xenserver61/

nano /var/www/xen-answerfile-61

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<installation mode="fresh" srtype="lvm">
<primary-disk>sda</primary-disk>
<keymap>us</keymap>
<root-password>password</root-password>
<source type="url">http://192.f.o.g/xenserver61/</source>
<ntp-server>192.n.t.p</ntp-server>
<admin-interface name="eth0" proto="dhcp" />
<timezone>Asia/Jerusalem</timezone>
</installation>

mkdir -p /tftpboot/howtogeek/xenserver/xen61

cp -av /var/www/xenserver61/boot/xen.gz /tftpboot/howtogeek/xenserver

/xen61/
cp -av /var/www/xenserver61/boot/vmlinuz /tftpboot/howtogeek
/xenserver/xen61/
cp -av /var/www/xenserver61/install.img /tftpboot/howtogeek/xenserver
/xen61/
cp -av /var/www/xenserver61/boot/pxelinux/mboot.c32 /tftpboot
/howtogeek/xenserver/xen61/

cp -av /tftpboot/howtogeek/menus/template.cfg /tftpboot/howtogeek

/menus/xen.cfg

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nano /tftpboot/howtogeek/menus/xen.cfg

label Citrix XenServer 6.1

#MENU DEFAULT
#MENU PASSWD
kernel xenserver/xen61/mboot.c32
append howtogeek/xenserver/xen61/xen.gz dom0_max_vcpus=4
dom0_mem=1024M console=vga --- howtogeek/xenserver/xen61/vmlinuz
xencons=hvc console=hvc0 console=tty0 answerfile=http://192.f.o.g
/xen-answerfile-61 install --- howtogeek/xenserver/xen61/install.img

nano /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

LABEL Xen
MENU LABEL Xen
KERNEL vesamenu.c32
APPEND howtogeek/menus/xen.cfg

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