SLE12 – provide a driver update via kernel command line

This post refers to the installation process for SLE12 or how to provide driver updates via kernel command line, to be more specific. In my environment, I’m using a SLES11SP3 xen-host for all kinds of xen-guest installations, this time I wanted to install a SLES12 VM. Continue reading

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From VMware to Xen

In this article I would like to give a short instruction how to convert multipart vmdk images into single file (raw) images to use on a Xen host. My environment is a SLES11-SP4 Xen hosts, the instances I want to run are SLES12 VMs created with VMware. Continue reading

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SUSE Cloud 5: attached block-devices are not available

This article describes what you could be facing when trying to attach devices (such as ISO images from SLES12-DVD) to cloud instances. Even though the Horizon UI reports success that your ISO has been attached to your instance it’s possible that you can’t access the contents. Continue reading

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