XCP-ng setup

xcp-ng.md

Setting up XCP-ng on Beelink SER8

sources

https://xcp-ng.org/ https://xcp.fohdeesha.com/mirror/isos/8.2/xcp-ng-8.2.1-20231130.iso

verify image

$ sha256sum xcp-ng-8.2.1-20231130.iso 
108aa7144d1f5dd169a1b99ca70b510527136c549f2e3c3c1707b619e17ee1b6  xcp-ng-8.2.1-20231130.iso

MacOS X ISO to DMG conversion and write

$ hdiutil convert xcp-ng-8.2.1-20231130.iso -format UDRW -o xcp-ng-8.2.1-20231130.iso.dmg 
$ diskutil list | grep external
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
$  diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
$ sudo dd if=xcp-ng-8.2.1-20231130.iso bs=1M of=/dev/rdisk2

IOMMU crash

xcp-ng/xcp#555