failed: Could not start storage pool: cannot open directory: ... No such file or directory

[Kaushal Shriyan]

Hi,

Checking in again if someone can help me for an earlier post to this
mailing list. Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Kaushal

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 11:43 PM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi George,
>
> # cat /etc/redhat-release
> CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)
> #virt-install --version
> 1.5.0
> #
>
> virsh vol-list isos
>  Name                 Path
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-2009.iso
> /var/lib/libvirt/isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-2009.iso
>  ubuntu-18.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso
> /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-18.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso
>  ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso
> /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso
>  ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso
> /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso
>
> virt-install --name vm25 \
> --os-variant ubuntu20.04 \
> --vcpus 2 \
> --memory 2048 \
> --location
> /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper/initrd
> \
> --network bridge=br0,model=virtio \
> --disk size=20 \
> --graphics none \
> --extra-args='console=ttyS0,115200n8 --- console=ttyS0,115200n8' \
> + virt-install --name vm25 --os-variant ubuntu20.04 --vcpus 2 --memory
> 2048 --location
> /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper/initrd
> --network bridge=br0,model=virtio --disk size=20 --graphics none
> '--extra-args=console=ttyS0,115200n8 --- console=ttyS0,115200n8'
> ERROR    Error validating install location: Validating install media
> '/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper/initrd'
> failed: Could not start storage pool: cannot open directory
> '/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper':
> No such file or directory
>
> I am attaching the output.txt file in this email thread.
>
> isoinfo -J -i '/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso'
> -l > /var/tmp/output.txt
>
> Any clue and I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kaushal
>
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 6:17 PM George <oVirt at goproject.info> wrote:
>
>> Kaushal,
>>
>> "*Corporate wants you to find the difference*"
>>
>> [--location  ]
>> */var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso*
>>
>> # ls -l /var/lib/libvirt/isos/
>> */var/lib/libvirt/isos/*[-rw-r--r--. 1 qemu qemu 1331691520 Feb 23  2022
>> ]*ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso*
>>
>> "*They are the same*"
>>
>> I used virt-manager more than the command line, so please excuse me as I
>> believe my suggestion below is wrong.
>>
>> What happens if you use "virsh vol-list isos"  (assuming your storage
>> *pool* that contains *ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso* is called
>> isos).
>>
>> I would expect something like:
>>
>> # virsh vol-list isos
>> ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso              *
>> /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso*
>>
>>
>> *However when I did a bit of searching on the Internet, I found the
>> following which sounds more like your issue.*
>>
>>
>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/789358/virt-install-using-location-with-iso-image-no-longer-working
>>
>> --location
>> '/path_to_isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-2003.iso',initrd=isolinux/initrd.img,kernel=isolinux/vmlinuz
>> \
>>
>> *The key here is the additional parameters on the location specifying*
>> vmlinuz as *kernel* and *initrd*.img. To find the path within the iso
>> I've use it the isoinfo command as follows:
>>
>> $ isoinfo -J -i '/path_to_isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-2003.iso' -l
>>
>>
>> https://www.wpdiaries.com/ubuntu-on-kvm/
>>
>> Run in the terminal:
>> ...
>> --location /var/lib/libvirt/images/ubuntu-22.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso,
>> *kernel*=casper/vmlinuz,*initrd*=casper/initrd \
>> ...
>> where
>> ...
>> --location – path to the local .iso file (or a distro install URL). Also,
>> we set kernel and initrd here (we got values for them in section 1).
>>
>> George.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, 14-01-2023 at 03:01 Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> # cat /etc/redhat-release
>> CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)
>> #virt-install --version
>> 1.5.0
>> #
>>
>> # ls -l /var/lib/libvirt/isos/
>> total 8302356
>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4712300544 Aug 31  2021
>> CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-2009.iso
>> -rw-r--r--. 1 qemu qemu  990904320 Aug 11  2021
>> ubuntu-18.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso
>> -rw-r--r--. 1 qemu qemu 1331691520 Feb 23  2022
>> ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso
>> -rw-r--r--. 1 qemu qemu 1466714112 Jun 28  2022
>> ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso
>> #
>>
>> virt-install --name demoreactui --ram 8096 --disk
>> path=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/demoreactui.img,size=20 --vcpus 2 --os-variant
>> ubuntu20.04 --network bridge=br0 --graphics none --console
>> pty,target_type=serial --location
>> /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper/initrd --extra-args
>> 'console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial'
>>
>> ERROR    Error validating install location: Validating install media
>> '/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper/initrd'
>> failed: Could not start storage pool: cannot open directory
>> '/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper':
>> No such file or directory
>>
>> Any clue and I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Kaushal
>>
>>
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