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

[Cole Robinson]

On 2/13/20 2:24 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 11:01 PM Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com
> <mailto: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...                                      
>          
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>     >                                     |    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 <http://centos.excellmedia.net>
>  * extras: centos.excellmedia.net <http://centos.excellmedia.net>
>  * updates: centos.excellmedia.net <http://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

Not easily. virt-install 2+ is python3 and centos 7.6 doesn't natively
ship a python3 package. Try using --cdrom

- Cole