VM creation suggestions?

[Jack Craig]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz <
mmarzantowicz at osdf.com.pl> wrote:

>  On 12.07.2012 23:10, Jack Craig wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> not reading closely enough, I tried this just inserting the dvd in my local
> drive.
>
> 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, ...
>
> 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:
>
>    - 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
>
>
> as i just want a vm to load/use, each of these install staging options are
> tedious.
>
> Given the clever folks on this list, i thought to ask if anyone can suggest
> a better approach, thx, jackc...
>
>
>
>
>
> 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.
>

Thanks, I'll try that approach....


>
>
> Mateusz Marzantowicz
>
>
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