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Re: [Xen-users] XCP install from ISO not starting

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] XCP install from ISO not starting
From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:08:45 -0700
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On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 17:05, Matthew Law <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, April 24, 2010 3:40 pm, Kurt Buff wrote:
>
>> That was exactly it. Interesting that XCP doesn't remove partitions
>> during install.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kurt
>
> I wouldn't blame XCP.  Depending on the method you used, the BSD disk
> layout would screw up not just the XCP installer, but many linuxen too
> (remember, XCP is just a nifty appliance built on CentOS).
>
> My experience is to expect unpredictable results when re-purposing a disk
> from one OS to the other -especially the 'interesting' ones like FreeBSD
> and Solaris :-)
>
> I'm glad it worked out in the end.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Matt.

Thanks.

I used DBAN to nuke the partition, then started over.

Kurt

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