[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#702369: can't install wheezy from template

[Daniel Pocock]

Package: xcp-xe
Version: 1.3.2-14
Severity: important

My dom0 is 64 bit wheezy with the xen-xapi environment

I try the following:

xe vm-install \
 template=Debian\ Wheezy\ 7.0\ \(64-bit\) new-name-label=wheezytest1

xe vm-param-set uuid=$MY_UUID \
   other-config:install-repository=http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/

xe vif-create network-uuid=$MY_NET_UUID \
  vm-uuid=$MY_UUID device=0

xe vm-start uuid=$MY_UUID


I have the following problems:

a) it insists on doing an express install (I want expert mode), there is
no documentation about how to force it to expert mode

b) when it gets to the choose a mirror stage, it is impossible to
proceed, it rejects every mirror I try, I'm guessing that it is not
correctly looking for wheezy packages in the mirrors

Also, the ALT key doesn't work with the vnc viewer, so I can't easily
switch virtual consoles, and the VNC viewer is extremely slow, it would
be much better to use a `xm console' style text interface for the installer.