VM creation suggestions?

[Jack Craig]

Worked like a champ. Thanks!!

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Jack Craig <jack.craig.aptos at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz <
> mmarzantowicz at osdf.com.pl> wrote:
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>>  On 12.07.2012 23:10, Jack Craig wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> Trying to setup KVM on a new F16. I got a xp pro media/licence am trying to
>> use
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_virtualization#Creating_a_guest_with_virt-install
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>> not reading closely enough, I tried this just inserting the dvd in my local
>> drive.
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>> however, during the install, it rebooted to gui mode, asked for sp3 cdrom
>> for asms.
>> all attempt to re-reference the dvd fail.
>>
>> reading closer, i find, ...
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>> What is the install CD-ROM/ISO or URL? This is the path to a Fedora
>> installation tree in the format used by anaconda. NFS, FTP, and HTTP
>> locations are all supported. Examples include:
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>>    - nfs:my.nfs.server.com:/path/to/test2/tree/
>>    - http://my.http.server.com/path/to/tree/
>>    - ftp://my.ftp.server.com/path/to/tree
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>> as i just want a vm to load/use, each of these install staging options are
>> tedious.
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>> Given the clever folks on this list, i thought to ask if anyone can suggest
>> a better approach, thx, jackc...
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>> I strongly recommend you using virt-manager for virtual machine
>> management. It's easy to use and has all required options for creating
>> virtual machines with different media including CD/DVD and ISO images.
>>
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> Thanks, I'll try that approach....
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>>
>> Mateusz Marzantowicz
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