INSTALLATION SYSTEM FOR INSTALLING GUEST OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A method for installing a guest operating system on a virtual machine (VM) includes: providing a management interface provided for a user to input or select a command for a VM, and transmitting the command input or selected by the user to a communication module associated with the VM; starting up the VM when the command is a startup command; running a cloudboot system of the VM when the VM is starting up; and downloading an installation file from the server and executing the installation file to install the guest operating system corresponding to the installation file on the VM when the command is a download command.

主权项

1. An installation system for installing a guest operating system on a virtual machine (VM) comprising:
a communication module; a cloudboot system comprising collections of software instructions stored in a storage unit of the VM and executed by a processing unit of the VM; and a management module comprising collections of software instructions stored in a storage unit of a server and executed by a processing unit of the server, when being executed by the processing unit of the server, the management module causes the processing unit of the server to provide a management interface provided for a user to input or select a command for the VM, and transmit the command input or selected by the user to the communication module; wherein when the communication module receives a startup command, the cloudboot system is started up; when the communication module receives a download command while the cloudboot system has been started up, the cloudboot system downloads an installation file from the server and execute the installation file to install a guest operating system corresponding to the installation file on the VM.