Is it possible to install f16 final tc1 using only vmlinuz+initrd ?

Gianluca Cecchi gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com
Tue Oct 18 09:53:54 UTC 2011


On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Gianluca Cecchi  wrote:
> Hello,
> is it expected to work a command such as this, after downloading
> vmlinuz and initrd for f16 final tc1 (x86_64):
>
> virt-install --os-type=linux --os-variant=fedora16 --boot
> kernel=/tmp/f16tc1/vmlinuz,initrd=/tmp/f16tc1/initrd.img -r 1024
> --name f16 --disk=/var/lib/libvirt/images/f16.img --network
> network=default --virt-type=kvm

I confirm that after latest mailing list messages regarding trees
availability, now it works and installs.
Thanks.

Any way in F15+virt-preview to have an f16 guest where I can enable gnome-shell?
Tried with spice video and qxl device but only fallback experience
(that any way seems greatly better than in F15/gnome 3.0)

Gianluca


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