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

[Denmat]

On 29/06/2010, at 11:43 PM, Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com> wrote:

> 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
>
Ah, great. It was really doing my head in.
Thanks for the reply.