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

[Gerry Reno]

Gerry Reno wrote:
> Cole Robinson wrote:
>> On 11/22/2009 02:04 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>  
>>> Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>    
>>>> 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
>>>>       
>>> Ok, that location is working but the guest network is behaving 
>>> painfully
>>> slow. I have a 20Mbps service but the install file retrieval is going
>>> like 56kbps. Ugh...
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> I think kernel.org gets a ton of traffic, it might be worth trying 
>> another mirror.
>>
>> - Cole
>>   
> I think it is past that point and when it is retrieving all the 
> packages from us.archive.ubuntu.com. Either that site is really slow 
> or the guest network is slow. I'll have to see which after the install 
> completes. Thanks for getting this working for me.
>
It finally finished the install and rebooted but now it appears that the 
guest is not booting.  So need to investigate why it doesn't boot up.  
No console output at all after I start the guest.  I dumped the xml and 
the boot dev is now "hd" and the path to the image is correct.

-Gerry