[virt-tools-list] virt-install Fedora 12 domU installation problem

[Cole Robinson]

On 06/28/2010 11:35 PM, tu2Bgone at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out what is happening here:
> libvirt-python-0.6.3-33.el5
> libvirt-0.6.3-33.el5
> libvirt-0.6.3-33.el5
> python-virtinst-0.400.3-9.el5
> virt-manager-0.6.1-12.el5
> virt-viewer-0.0.2-3.el5
> xen-libs-3.0.3-105.el5_5.3
> kernel-xen-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5
> xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.3
> kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el5
> xen-libs-3.0.3-105.el5_5.3
> 
> on Centos5.5 (x86_64)
> 
> My installation using virt-install is failing to find the xen images  
> directory on the fedora12 repo. That is understandable because there is  
> none that I can find on any repository.
> 
> [root at au-mel-xen-6 ~]# virt-install --name au-mel-dev-support-1.example.com  
> --ram 4096 --file  
> /dev/mapper/xen_images-au--mel--dev--support--1.example.com--disk0  
> -x 'ksdevice=brvlan596'  
> ks=http://au-mel-master-1.example.com/cblr/svc/op/system/filer-1.ks -l  
> http://au-mel-master-1.example.com/cblr/repo_mirror/Fedora12_x86_64/ -p -d  
> --os-type=linux --os-variant=fedora12
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Requesting libvirt URI default
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Received libvirt URI 'xen:///'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Requesting virt method 'xen'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Received virt method 'xen'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Hypervisor name is 'xen'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Setting size for existing storage to '20.0'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Detected storage as type 'block'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Setting size for existing storage to '20.0'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Detected storage as type 'block'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Setting size for existing storage to '20.0'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG Detected storage as type 'block'
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG DISPLAY is set: graphics defaulting to VNC.
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:10 DEBUG DistroInstaller location is a network  
> source.
> 
> 
> Starting install...
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:11 DEBUG Attempting to detect distro:
> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:58:11 DEBUG HTTP hasFile: didn't find  
> http://au-mel-master-1.example.com/cblr/repo_mirror/Fedora12_x86_64/.treeinfo
>

Something is wrong with your F12 tree, there should be a treeinfo file
there, which we can use to determine the location of xen images. For
example:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/12/Fedora/x86_64/os/.treeinfo

- Cole