XenTools installation error for Linux
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It never mounts on the first try for me on Ubuntu VMs for whatever reason, usually just running the mount command again will mount it read-only. It's almost always in /dev/cdrom despite what the documentation says.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/ -
@bnrstnr said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
For the love of GOD that worked thanks!
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@bnrstnr said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
It never mounts on the first try for me on Ubuntu VMs for whatever reason, usually just running the mount command again will mount it read-only. It's almost always in /dev/cdrom despite what the documentation says.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/What, the what?
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@scottalanmiller said in XenTools installation to Linux:
What, the what?
no idea lol that's just how it is
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@bnrstnr said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in XenTools installation to Linux:
What, the what?
no idea lol that's just how it is
Ubuntu fail.
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I only have a problem remembering which to use
/dev/dvd
/dev/sr0
/dev/cdrom
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@momurda said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
nly have a problem remembering which to use
/dev/dvd
/dev/sr0
/dev/cdrom
is different for each distro.Maybe Linux needs someone from a UX engineering background to help out! LOL because for something that is rock solid it changes too much
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@scottalanmiller said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
So SCOTT am I wrong in reading this? Im telling the system to mount a dev called cdrom but turn around and "RE" mount it? WTF and WTH?!?!?! -
@krisleslie said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
@momurda said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
nly have a problem remembering which to use
/dev/dvd
/dev/sr0
/dev/cdrom
is different for each distro.Maybe Linux needs someone from a UX engineering background to help out! LOL because for something that is rock solid it changes too much
These changes are made by the individual dev teams though. . . so the issue is we need a massive hive mind to get everything to be standardized.
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@krisleslie No youre just mounting the /dev/cdrom device to a folder call /mnt
Could be anything, /stuff, /userdata, etc. /mnt is just there to use by default. -
@krisleslie said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
So SCOTT am I wrong in reading this? Im telling the system to mount a dev called cdrom but turn around and "RE" mount it? WTF and WTH?!?!?!@momurda answered but here is a "better" example.
mount /dev/cdrom /takethisdiskandlikeit
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You're specifying what device to mount, and where to mount it at.
So you would than jump into /takethisdiskandlikeit to run ./install
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So let me get this straight, I could have actually piped another command into that?
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@scottalanmiller said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
Ubuntu fail.
This is what I get every time I mount the XS guest tools ISO on Ubuntu. Every single time...
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That is the exact same error I got!
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@krisleslie said in XenTools installation error for Linux:
So let me get this straight, I could have actually piped another command into that?
Possibly, yes.
Likely
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt | sudo ./install.sh -
mount -o ro,exec /dev/disk/by-label/XenServer\x20Tools /mnt
It fails when we point to the "DISK"
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For the love of GOD if I wasn't happy with finding an answer that would have turned me off! Like it isn't helpful. Maybe I'm wrong but a UX engineer would be like, ummmm FIX THAT!
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Ok so I found out the installation instructions changed for Linux after a few releases!
Installing XenServer Tools on Linux VMs
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Select the VM in the Resources pane, right-click, and then click Install XenServer Tools on the shortcut menu. Alternatively, on the VM menu, click Install XenServer Tools.
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Click Install XenServer Tools on the message dialog to go to the VM's console.
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As the root user, mount the image into the VM:
mount /dev/xvdd /mnt -
Execute the installation script as the root user:
/mnt/Linux/install.sh
If the kernel has been upgraded, or the VM was upgraded from a previous version, reboot the VM now.
Note that CD-ROM drives and ISOs attached to Linux VMs appear as /dev/xvdd rather than /dev/cdrom. This is because they are not true CD-ROM devices, but normal devices. When the CD is ejected by XenCenter, it hot-unplugs the device from the VM and the device disappears. This is different from Windows VMs, where the CD remains in the VM in an empty state -
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What they say now is!
Installing XenServer Tools on Linux VMs-
Select the VM in the Resources pane, right-click, and then click Install XenServer Tools on the shortcut menu. Alternatively, on the VM menu, click Install XenServer Tools.
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Click Install XenServer Tools on the message dialog to go to the VM's console.
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As the root user, mount the image into the VM:
mount -o ro,exec /dev/disk/by-label/XenServer\x20Tools /mntNote: If mounting the image fails, you can locate the image by running the command
blkid -t LABEL="XenServer Tools"Execute the installation script as the root user:
/mnt/Linux/install.shUnmount the image from the guest by running the command:
umount /mnt If the kernel has been upgraded, or the VM was upgraded from a previous version, reboot the VM now.Note that CD-ROM drives and ISOs attached to Linux VMs appear as /dev/xvdd(or /dev/sdd in Ubuntu 10.10 and later), rather than /dev/cdrom. This is because they are not true CD-ROM devices, but normal devices. When the CD is ejected by XenCenter, it hot-unplugs the device from the VM and the device disappears. This is different from Windows VMs, where the CD remains in the VM in an empty state
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