You could try picking from the OS template list Windows 2008 R2 and that will force XS to use HV instead of PV. It might do the trick.
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Simos [mailto:michael.si...@citrix.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:28 AM To: Trevor Francis Cc: cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: XS 6.02 ~ No Graphical Console During the installation after driver detection, usually some point after selecting the language. Press ALT-F2 then run fdisk. Also I believe when you use PV mode to install there is no graphics. You will need to use HVM (Other) to do the install. Then you have graphics. Mike On 11/07/2012 11:19 AM, Trevor Francis wrote: > You can't partition disks without GUI in cent 6. Rendering the install > basically useless. > > Trevor Francis (mobile) > > On Nov 7, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Clayton Weise<cwe...@iswest.net> wrote: > > Part of this is because, if I'm not mistaken, in the template XS uses for > Cent/RHEL/etc it actually has some flags in it that disable a graphical > install; however, during the install you can install X and other graphical > utilities that should work once the system comes up (I've never tested it > though because we don't put a GUI on any of our servers). And as far as > Cent 6.3 compatibility, while it's not on the list it doesn't mean it will > break either. We had an issue with XS 5.6 that Cent 6 wouldn't install so > we worked around the issue by installing it on XS 6, downloaded the vhd > image, and imported it in and everything ran fine. I'm not suggested this > is a *supported* way to go, but it's been solid for us so far. > > > > *From:* Trevor Francis > [mailto:trevor.fran...@tgrahamcapital.com<trevor.fran...@tgrahamcapital.com>] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:49 AM > *To:* cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org > *Subject:* XS 6.02 ~ No Graphical Console > > > > I am attempting to install Centos 6.3 on on XS 6.02 Hypervisors with all > the latest Hotfixes. I am able to utilize the console, but the default > console is text only. I am not given the option at boot time to perform a > graphical install. I have tested this through XenCenter console and CPVM. I > am running CS4. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Trevor Francis > > Partner > > 46 Labs | The PeerEdge Cloud > > http://www.46labs.com | http://www.peeredge.net > > 405-362-0046 - Voice | 405-410-4980 - Cell > > trevorgfrancis - Skype > > tre...@46labs.com > > > > Solutions Provider for the Telecom Industry > > > <http://www.twitter.com/peeredge> <http://www.twitter.com/peeredge>
