On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 02:23:45AM +0000, John Levon wrote: > > Current tip, Fedora 8: > > virt-install -d -n domu-225 -r 1024 --hvm --vnc -f > /export/guests/2008.11/root.img --os-type=windows -l > /net/heaped/export/netimage/windows/xp.iso > > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG Using libvirt URI connect 'xen' > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG Requesting virt method 'hvm' > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG Received virt method 'hvm' > ... > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG Attempting to detect distro: > ... > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG Cleaning up mount at > /var/lib/xen/virtinstmnt.REF5Hf > Could not find an installable distribution at '/net/heaped/export/netimage/windows/xp.iso' > > Looks like it's no longer skipping the PV install detection for HVM > guests. Am I missing something? The -l / --location PATH|URL arg will do a kernel+initrd based install for either HVM or Paravirt - latest Xen support kernel+initrd boot of Linux HVM guests, as does KVM. For plain BIOS based boot, just use --cdrom PATH|URL Regards, Daniel -- |: Red Hat, Engineering, London -o- http://people.redhat.com/berrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org -o- http://ovirt.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: GnuPG: 7D3B9505 -o- F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 :| _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
