/usr/sbin/virt-install --name fx6foo \ --paravirt \ --ram 256 \ --nographics \ --file-size 10 \ --file /dev/zulu_images/fx6foo \ --location http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/ ^^ That kind of thing. The man page has a few examples right at the end. On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:27:34 +0000 "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 02:44:12AM -0500, Frederick N. Brier wrote: > > I just installed Fedora 8 and the Fedora Xen packages. I have been > > trying to get a variety of VMs installed, but the most basic one is > > just a Fedora guest VM. Please correct me if I am wrong, but the > > correct tool is "virt-install". It asks a number of questions, but > > the last is "What is the install location?" I finally found an > > excerpt from a book that had > > "http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386"; as > > the answer. But that is not correct it is actually: > > "http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/*6*/i386/os";, > > but that is for core 6, not 7 or Fedora 8. And the file tree does > > not have a > > "http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/*8*/i386/os";. > > Is there no place where fc8's files are posted? Or are we supposed > > to specify 6? I would have said okay, except I started getting > > messages like this: > > Fedora Core & Extras mered during the F7 release, so the download URLs > changed style slightly > > eg, i386 F8 > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/ > > eg, x86_64 F7 > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Fedora/x86_64/os/ > > Basically, you always want the URL ending in '/os/' for your release. > > You can also use nfs:// or ftp:// URLs. > > Regards, > Dan. -- Regards, John Maclean MSc (DIC) +44 7739 171 531 -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
