F8test2 Xen guest install to F7 fails - no /Fedora directory in distro.

[Jesse Keating]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:54:08 -0700
Mike Carney <mc-al34luc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> If folks are going to use the virt* tools to install f8test2 guests,
> something has to change.
> 
> I don't know what you tested, but dom0's running 7.90 and earlier
> will not be able to install 7.91 guests because 7.91 renamed the
> Fedora directory to Packages in the iso.
> 
> >From python-virtinst-0.200.0-3.fc7:   
> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py:
> # Fedora distro check
> class FedoraImageStore(RedHatImageStore):
>     def isValidStore(self, fetcher, progresscb):
>         if fetcher.hasFile("Fedora", progresscb):
>             logging.debug("Detected a Fedora distro")
>             return True
>         return False
> 
> If you're going to change the layout of distro in the iso, you're
> going to either need to make a symbolic link from /Fedora
> to /Packages in the iso, release new versions of python-virtinst for
> earlier versions of Fedora and RHEL so that they recognize the new
> layout, or some other scheme in python-virtinst to reliably identify
> the Fedora distro.
> 
> Changing line 213 of
> 
> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py
> 
> from 
> 
> if fetcher.hasFile("Fedora", progresscb):
> 
> to
> 
> if fetcher.hasFile("Packages", progresscb):
> 
> And rerunning virt-install or virt-manager for a F8test2 guest now
> lets the installer start up.
> 
> Do I need to submit a bug?

Eew, yea, this is a bug.  File it against virt-inst.  It should find a
better way to figure out if it's Fedora or not.

-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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