On 06/25/2009 07:52 PM, Craig Miskell wrote: > Hi, > I'm running virt-manager 0.7.0 on Ubuntu, connecting using SSH to > libvirt running on Debian Lenny Xen-3.2.1 (please, no flames :)) > > The trouble is, when I go to create a new VM using the wizard, no > install options are available because: > 1) "Network install" is not available unless the connection is local, and > 2) Local install media and Network boot (PXE) are not available because > of the following line in create.py (around line 340): > is_pv = (self.capsguest.os_type == "xen") > > I changed that line to: > is_pv = False > because Xen can do Full Virtualisation these days. And I'm then able to > create local CD install of a full virtualisation VM, which boots and > works perfectly. > This was a bug that should now be fixed upstream. I'd recommend you file a bug with debian, with a link to the following commit: http://hg.et.redhat.com/cgi-bin/hg-virt.cgi/applications/virt-manager--devel/rev/6374136c6247 > Three questions: > > 1) Am I missing something, or is the is_pv definition just historical? Nope, it serves a use in the code: if the host machine doesn't support fullyvirt (possibly due to hardware restrictions), we need to limit the install options. > 2) What's wrong with doing a "Network install" when you're not local; I > thought (please correct me if wrong) that a Network Install involved > passing a URL to some sort of install repository; why would that need > local access. Because a network install has to fetch a boot kernel and initrd from the URL, and we have no way to tell the remote machine to fetch these locations. > 3) Why is it not possible to do a Local Install media or PXE boot with a > para-virtualised guest? > Because AFAIK xen PV guests on linux do not support CD or PXE booting. HTH, Cole _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
