[Ovirt-devel] How do I provision a redhat ISO

[xxqonline at hotmail.com]

Can ovirt talk with the managed host which has redhat5 by using libvirt.
When can we get the ovirt 0.94?


Thanks,
Qiang
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From: "Darryl Pierce" <dpierce at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:53 PM
To: <xxqonline at hotmail.com>
Cc: <ovirt-devel at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Ovirt-devel] How do I provision a redhat ISO

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> xxqonline at hotmail.com wrote:
>> Hello folks:
>>      I have to provision a redhat to the managed host. Is it possible?
>>      Is there doc for me to follow?
> 
> With our upcoming release of oVirt (0.94) ISO provisioning via Cobbler
> will be supported. To provision from an ISO file you'll simply:
> 
> 1. copy the ISO file to an NFS exported file system,
> 2. create an Image record within the Cobbler server and point it at the
> ISO file
> 3. within the oVirt server, create a new VM
> 4. when setting the OS for this VM you'll see, and select, the Image
> created in step 2 above
> 5. attach an additional writable file system
> 6. boot the VM
> 
> This will start up a virtual machine with that ISO mounted as a CDROM
> and boot from it. That will allow you to provision from ISO.
> 
> HTH. :)
> 
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