[virt-tools-list] virt-install 0.400-3: cannot install

[Gerry Reno]

Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 11/22/2009 01:20 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>   
>> Cole Robinson wrote:
>>     
>>> On 11/22/2009 01:12 AM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> I'm trying to do a text-based install using virt-install 0.400-3 on a
>>>> ubuntu server 9.10 but it is refusing to install.  Here is the form of
>>>> the command I'm using:
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo -s
>>>> # virt-install -n "DOMAIN-1" --vcpus=4 --ram=2048 --disk
>>>> path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/DOMAIN-1.img
>>>> --location=http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu-releases/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-server-amd64.iso
>>>>
>>>> --accelerate --network=bridge:br0 --nographics
>>>> --extra-args="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200"
>>>>
>>>> I've tried local, nfs, http for locations and it either says its not an
>>>> installable distribution or I get a ValueError: Invalid install
>>>> location.  But I can wget the iso with no problem using the same url.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone point me to what is wrong with my command line?
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> --location needs to point to an install tree, not an iso. You should
>>> be able
>>> to replace --location with --cdrom to make things work. This is
>>> described in
>>> the virt-install man page.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Cole
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Ok, I just tried it replacing --location with --cdrom and it gives me
>> the exact same ValueError: Invalid install location Opening URL http://....
>>
>>     
>
> Argh, yes. I was wrong about that, --cdrom also expects a top level distro
> path. That should be fixed though, to just allow pointing to a cdrom like you did.
>
>   
>> So I nfs mounted the iso across the network and then passed the
>> mountpoint to --cdrom and this at least creates the domain but then it
>> just sits there at "Escape is ^]" and does not do anything else.
>>
>> Is there something wrong with my console args?
>>
>>     
>
> If you boot off a cdrom, kernel args have no effect, since we have no way to
> pass them in to the cd. Extra args only work if you directly boot a kernel.
> You should be able to try using
>
> --location http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/installer-amd64/
>
> which will do a direct kernel boot, allowing extra args.
>
> - Cole
>
>   
I think our posts just crossed. I try this and get back...

-Gerry