ERROR Could not find an installable distribution at ....

[Kaushal Shriyan]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 11:01 PM Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 2/13/20 12:18 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to set up alpine Linux Guest OS using the below command
> >
> > #virt-install --name=mfecdrupalalphine
> > --file=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/images/mfecdrupalalphine.img
> > --file-size=100 --nonsparse --vcpus=2 --ram=6096 --network=bridge:br0
> > --os-type=linux --os-variant=alpinelinux3.8 --graphics none
> >
> --location=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/alpine-standard-3.11.3-x86_64.iso
> > --extra-args="console=ttyS0"
> >
> > Starting install...
> > Retrieving file .treeinfo...
> >
> >                                     |    0 B  00:00:00
> > Retrieving file content...
> >
> >                                     |    0 B  00:00:00
> > ERROR    Could not find an installable distribution at
> >
> '/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/alpine-standard-3.11.3-x86_64.iso':
> > The URL could not be accessed, maybe you mistyped?
> >
> > The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
> > See virt-install man page for various distro examples.
> > Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
> > If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
> >   virsh --connect qemu:///system start mfecdrupalalphine
> > otherwise, please restart your installation.
> >
> > The iso file do exist as per the below details
> > ls -l
> >
> /linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/alpine-standard-3.11.3-x86_64.iso
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127926272 Feb 12 17:49
> >
> /linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/alpine-standard-3.11.3-x86_64.iso
> > #
>
> virt-instal doesn't know where to find the bootable kernel and initrd in
> the directory tree on the alpine iso. If you are using virt-install
> 2.1.0 you can use --location
> $PATH,kernel=/relative/path/to/kernel,initrd=/relative/path/to/initrd
> where those paths are relative to the root of the ISO tree. Or try
> --cdrom $PATH, but then --extra-args won't work
>
> - Cole
>


Thank Cole for the email. I am running CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810
(Core). Is there a way to install virt-install 2.1.0?

[root@~]#  cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core)
[root@~]#  yum whatprovides virt-install
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Repodata is over 2 weeks old. Install yum-cron? Or run: yum makecache fast
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.excellmedia.net
 * extras: centos.excellmedia.net
 * updates: centos.excellmedia.net
virt-install-1.5.0-7.el7.noarch : Utilities for installing virtual machines
Repo        : base



virt-install-1.5.0-1.el7.noarch : Utilities for installing virtual machines
Repo        : @base



[root@~]#

Thanks in advance. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Kaushal
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