• How to Install Citrix XenServer from a USB Key (USB built from Windows OS)

    If you want to install Citrix Xen server from a USB instead of burning into CD ,Here are some steps to do that :
    1. Format USB key with Fat32

    2. Download the latest copy of “syslinux” and extract it http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Download

    3. Open a command prompt and change directory to your extracted ‘syslinuxwin32′ folder

    4. Run ‘syslinux.exe H: ‘ replacing “H” with the drive letter of your USB drive to make the USB bootable

    5. Extract the “XenServer-6.X.X-install-cd.iso”

    6. Copy the contents of the extracted “XenServer-6.X.X-install-cd” folder to the root of the USB

    7. On the USB drive, copy the contents of the /boot/isolinux folder to the root of the USB

    8. At the root of USB drive, rename the ‘isolinux.cfg’ file to ‘syslinux.cfg’

    9. At the root of USB drive, rename the ‘isolinux.bin’ file to ‘syslinux.bin’

    10.Copy  syslinux-X.Xcom32liblibcom32.c32 to the root of the USB

    11.Copy syslinux-X.xcom32mbootmboot.c32 to the root of the USB

    12. Make you server boot from USB and enjoy installing CitrixXen server

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