At Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:30:28 +0300 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 1.6.2011 19.52, Robert Heller wrote:
> > I have a CentOS 5.6 system with a AMD Sempron(tm) Processor LE-1300
> > (which does not provide hardware virtualization support, so I can't use
> > the --cdrom option) and I am *trying* to install FC15 as a guest O/S
> > using a local FC15 DVD-ROM image. Everything work until the installer
> > *insists* on firing up the network to get the repo data, etc. I have a
> > *dial-up* Internet connection and this is a *desktop* machine and is
> > thus pretty much anchored where it is. I have googled this, but it
> > seems no one uses local DVD images. (Of cource *everyone* in the world,
> > except for rural America, has broadband.)
> >
> > I was able to install FC15 on a old IDE disk connected via a USB port
> > after booting a burned copy of the DVD. *Everything* needed to install
> > the *minimual* system I want to install is there on the DVD, but I can't
> > seem to get the FC15 installer to believe that. I *don't* want or need
> > the updates at this time (maybe later).
> >
> > Oh, and the virt-viewer is chopping off the right third of the graphical
> > display. Is there any way to fix that? It would let me resize the
> > viewer window and does not provide scroll bars, etc. Or is the FC15
> > installer having a stupid idea of the virtual machine virtual monitor
> > size? Can *that* be changed (the virtual machine's virtual monitor size)?
> >
> > The command line I am using is:
> >
> > sudo virt-install --name=fc15guest --ram=1024 --os-type=linux \
> > --os-variant=fedora12 \
> > --location=/distrocds/Fedora/Fedora-15-x86_64-DVD.iso \
> > --disk="path=/dev/sauron/fc15guest"
>
> I never could do a virt-install using only optical media, and I tried
> many times (couple of months ago). Also I could not get the --connect
> clause to work for me.
>
> This kind of procedure did work:
>
> # first, mount the DVD:
> mount -o loop /root/centos56_64.iso /mnt/centos56
>
> # then...
> virt-install --name mail \
> --os-variant rhel5.4 --ram 1024 \
> --vcpus 2 --accelerate \
> --nographics -v \
> --location /mnt/centos56/ --network bridge:br0 \
> --disk path=/kvmail/mail.img,size=290 \
> --extra-args "console=ttyS0";
>
> # and when the installer asks, select "http" and a repo
>
> You can create a local http repo on the host itself and give that to the
> installer, for example http://127.0.0.1/centos/etc...
>
> Maybe you could build a local repo using the materials on the DVD. I
> think I did not try that.
I mount the ISO image using the loop back define (-o loop) and created a
virtual host whose DocumentRoot was the loop back mount point of the
DVD:
Line in /etc/fstab:
/distrocds/Fedora/Fedora-15-x86_64-DVD.iso /fc15x86_64 iso9660 ro,loop 0 0
http virthost spec:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName fc15.deepsoft.com
DocumentRoot /fc15x86_64
<Directory /fc15x86_64>
AllowOverride all
Options FollowSymLinks
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
This seems to work, so long as one does not select random unseen options
in the GUI installer... :-(
>
> Http install with the CentOS 4 installer was *very* strict and quirky
> about slashes in the http repo address. Not sure about FC. Check this
> thread:
>
> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?24,193648,194173#msg-194173
>
> - Jussi
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