iPXE recipe for booting XenServer without using mboot.c32 or pxelinux.0

README.md

1. Mount the XenServer ISO.

2. Create a directory in which to place some of the files. Change into that directory.

3. Assuming the ISO is mounted in /media/cdrom, then do:

   # zcat /media/cdrom/boot/xen.gz > xen
   # zcat /media/cdrom/boot/vmlinuz > vmlinuz
   # cp /media/cdrom/install.img install.img
   

4. Create a file named xen.ipxe with this content in the same directory:

   #!ipxe
   
   kernel xen dom0_max_vcpus=1-2 dom0_mem=max:752M com1=115200,8n1 console=com1,vga
   module vmlinuz xencons=hvc console=hvc0 console=tty0
   module install.img
   boot
   

5. Then instruct iPXE to boot from xen.ipxe, e.g. chain http://your.server.address/path/to/xen.ipxe

6. If you need to customize the boot process then multiboot allows for modules to have cmdline arguments, so add them to the vmlinuz line as needed.

This is based on the instructions from http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.2.0/1.0/en_gb/installation.html#pxe_boot_install

zcat /media/cdrom/boot/vmlinuz > vmlinuz

no longer works in 7.2

Hi @robinsmidsrod.

I tried doing this on Packet.com by using their custom ipxe option and was not successful. Do you have any idea how to get xcp-ng working on Packet.com?

I tried doing this on Packet.com by using their custom ipxe option and was not successful. Do you have any idea how to get xcp-ng working on Packet.com?

To be honest, I haven't touched Xen for several years, so I just have to say "I don't know".