XenServer

In XenCenter Console – mount DVD drive in Ubuntu 14.04

When running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as a guest under XenServer6.5  I was attempting to install xs-tools.iso by mounting it into server using the drop down box.

 

However at the console,  i was unable to find /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd* or /dev/sr*  or anything that seemed to fit.

 

So I ran fdisk -l

#fdisk -l

and I found a disk I didnt recognize

Disk /dev/xvdd: 119 MB, 119955456 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14 cylinders, total 234288 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/xvdd doesn't contain a valid partition table

So I mounted it and looked at the contents

#mount /dev/xvdd /mnt
#ls /mnt
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Jan 27 04:08 Linux
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1180 Jan 27 04:08 README.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 65 Jan 27 04:07 AUTORUN.INF
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 802816 Jan 27 04:07 citrixguestagentx64.msi
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 802816 Jan 27 04:07 citrixguestagentx86.msi
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 278528 Jan 27 04:07 citrixvssx64.msi
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 253952 Jan 27 04:07 citrixvssx86.msi
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1925120 Jan 27 04:07 citrixxendriversx64.msi
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1486848 Jan 27 04:07 citrixxendriversx86.msi
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 26 Jan 27 04:07 copyright.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 831488 Jan 27 04:07 installwizard.msi
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 50449456 Jan 27 04:03 dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1945 Jan 27 04:03 EULA_DRIVERS
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1654835 Jan 27 04:03 xenlegacy.exe
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 139542 Jan 27 04:03 xluninstallerfix.exe

So I found it!  Now just to install the tools and reboot

#cd Linux && ./install.sh
#reboot