VM installation doesn't work!

[Arun SAG]

Hi,

I tried to install  RHEL 6 VM:

virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name
keptcarry-dl-vm1.host.com--ram 2048 --nographics --accelerate --vcpus
2 --noreboot --cdrom
/var/cache/vm/iso/rhel-6.3.0_83-1.x86_64.iso --disk
path=/var/cache/vm/vdisk/keptcarry-dl-vm1-201306080806.qcow2,size=100,cache=none
--mac 00:50:56:35:c0:68 --network bridge:br0

Then i tried to access its console using 'sudo virsh console vmname'  but
the VM installation is struck, i just see

Connected to domain keptcarry-dl-vm1.host.com
Escape character is ^]

I also managed to capture some logs here
http://paste.fedoraproject.org/17433/07041241/

I am running libvirt-0.9.11.9-1.fc17.x86_64 and
qemu-system-x86-1.0.1-6.fc17.x86_64 on a Fedora 17 machine

[Arun SAG]

Please ignore this! This is not a bug! The ISO image was not properly
downloaded in the first place!

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Arun SAG  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to install  RHEL 6 VM:
>
> virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name keptcarry-dl-vm1.host.com--ram 2048 --nographics --accelerate --vcpus 2 --noreboot --cdrom
> /var/cache/vm/iso/rhel-6.3.0_83-1.x86_64.iso --disk
> path=/var/cache/vm/vdisk/keptcarry-dl-vm1-201306080806.qcow2,size=100,cache=none
> --mac 00:50:56:35:c0:68 --network bridge:br0
>
> Then i tried to access its console using 'sudo virsh console vmname'  but
> the VM installation is struck, i just see
>
> Connected to domain keptcarry-dl-vm1.host.com
> Escape character is ^]
>
> I also managed to capture some logs here
> http://paste.fedoraproject.org/17433/07041241/
>
> I am running libvirt-0.9.11.9-1.fc17.x86_64 and
> qemu-system-x86-1.0.1-6.fc17.x86_64 on a Fedora 17 machine
>
> --
> Arun S A G
> http://zer0c00l.in/

[Cole Robinson]

On 06/08/2013 12:37 PM, Arun SAG wrote:
> Please ignore this! This is not a bug! The ISO image was not properly
> downloaded in the first place!

Hmm, even after the ISO fully downloaded, did it work? I wouldn't expect
--nographics and --cdrom to 'just work', because you haven't told the CDROM to
send kernel output to the serial device. The VM will be running correctly you
just won't have any way of interacting with it.

virt-install really should warn about this.

- Cole