Submitted by Lucian on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 23:11
Hi,
The more I play with Cloudmin KVM the more I like it (both Cloudmin and KVM :> ). Could we have such an option as to boot the virtual machine from "CD" (aka an iso file from a predefined iso files directory)? This could help install Windows guests and also boot existing linux/bsd guests from rescue CDs.
Status:
Closed (works as designed)
Comments
Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 23:17 Comment #1
That already exists actually - just click on Create KVM Instance, select the "Empty System" tab, and enter the path to the ISO in the "Installation CD image" field.
Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 23:19 Comment #2
That already exists actually - just click on Create KVM Instance, select the "Empty System" tab, and enter the path to the ISO in the "Installation CD image" field.
Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 23:23 Comment #3
That already exists actually - just click on Create KVM Instance, select the "Empty System" tab, and enter the path to the ISO in the "Installation CD image" field.
Submitted by Lucian on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 23:46 Comment #4
Oh, that's right. Great, thanks!
PS: Cloudmin needs a nicer, more practical, simpler theme. I think this is the biggest problem with wider *min adoption...
Submitted by SoftDux on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 10:17 Comment #5
I agree with Lucian on this. CloudMin is aimed too much at rocket scientists. If you look at how VMWare, OnApp, Virtuzzo, etc manages it's layout you'll see what I mean.
The amount of support issues we have due to the confusing layout is astonishing and often drives away less technical clients.
Also, where do I put the ISO images, or tell CloudMin to use them?
Submitted by SoftDux on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 10:19 Comment #6
I agree with Lucian on this. CloudMin is aimed too much at rocket scientists. If you look at how VMWare, OnApp, Virtuzzo, etc manages it's layout you'll see what I mean.
The amount of support issues we have due to the confusing layout is astonishing and often drives away less technical clients.
Also, where do I put the ISO images, or tell CloudMin to use them?
Submitted by Lucian on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 12:25 Comment #7
SoftDux,
You can put the ISOs anywhere, but indicate the path to Cloudmin, e.g. /home/iso-images/Centos6-blah.iso
Ideally we should have a "Browse" button for the iso images dir as the users have no idea which is the path or what files are available...
Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 19:11 Comment #8
The problem with having a browse button is that you don't know when on the creation form which host system the vm will be created, so it isn't possible to know which filesystem to browse..
A better method is to add your cd image at Cloudmin Settings - New System Images, via the "Add image" link. Then it will appear as an option for the cd on the creation form, and get copied to the correct host automatically.
Submitted by Lucian on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 05:37 Comment #9
Ahh, nice tip!