Re: KVM does not start following the instructions in Fedora Server Documentation

[Peter Boy]

>  Am 18.11.2022 um 22:37 schrieb John W. Himpel
> <john(a)jlhimpel.net&gt;:
>  
>  All,
>  
>  I am following the instructions found at:
>
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-server/virtualization/vm-inst...
>  
>  I have found what I believe is a typo in the provided example in the
>  documentation:
>  […]# wget
>
> https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/37/Server/x8...
>  s/b
>  […]# wget
>
> https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/37/Server/x8...
>   
Indeed, wrong link. The korrekt link is obviously :
https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/37/Server/x8...


and it gives you the file Fedora-Server-KVM-37-1.7.x86_64.qcow2 

But at least the link for the checksum is correct.

Unfortunately the KVM image was missing on getfedora in the beginning and it is a bit
different now than during the rc phase. The devil is in the details and you can't test
every little thing enough :-).



>  When I attempted to install the custom.qcow2 image, fedora37 is not
>  currently found as an acceptable --os-variant (The osinfo-query os
>  command hasn't been updated yet).  So I tried fedora36 and fedora-
>  unknown, neither one changed the results described below. 
>  
>  When I made the above changes, I ran the virt-install script.  It
>  starts and outputs the following:
>  
>  Starting install...
>  Creating domain...                                          |    0 B 
>  00:00     
>  Running text console command: virsh --connect qemu:///system console
>  testFedora
>  Connected to domain 'testFedora'
>  Escape character is ^] (Ctrl + ])
>  
>  At this point the shell script hangs.  virt-manager shows the vm has
>  been created and is running, but the boot process seems to not have
>  started.  I can use the spice protocol in virt-manager to open a
>  console to the vm, but the console shows no activity and seems
>  unresponsive.
>  
>  If I hit <enter> in the shell or inside virt-manager nothing happens.
>  
>  Or if if enter the escape character inside the shell or inside virt-
>  manager, nothing happens.
>  
>  Has anyone successfully tried this documented procedure with the G/A
>  release of Fedora Server? 
I tested it with the latest rc. I have already 'mothballed' my test environment
until the next release testing. I need to rebuild it 'just now' and test the
current image.

Peter