On 02/12/2013 05:50 PM, Eric wrote: > I've copied the contents of the Oracle Linux 6.3 installation media to an > directory that's exported via NFS: > > san2:~ # ls -1 /srv/md128/repositories/oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/ > EFI > EULA > eula.en_US > eula.py <http://eula.py/> > GPL > HighAvailability > images > isolinux > LoadBalancer > media.repo > Packages > README-en > README-en.html > RELEASE-NOTES-en > RELEASE-NOTES-en.html > RELEASE-NOTES-x86_64-en > RELEASE-NOTES-x86_64-en.html > RELEASE-NOTES-x86-en > RELEASE-NOTES-x86-en.html > repodata > ResilientStorage > RPM-GPG-KEY > RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle > ScalableFileSystem > Server > supportinfo > TRANS.TBL > UEK2 > > ...and tried to use the directory to install an Oracle Linux VM with virt-install: > > xen2:~ # virt-install -p --name dns2 --ram 786 --disk > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e315f310000 > --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/ > --graphics none > > ...but virt-install complains: > > Starting install... > ERROR Couldn't find xen kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tree. > > If I use the NFS respository with virt-manager, virt-manager complains... > > Error: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, instance found > Please run with --debug and post the output here. > This is a tried-and-true methodology: I use this method for installing CentOS > & SuSE regularly: > > san2:~ # ls -1 /srv/md128/repositories/centos/6.3/os/x86_64/ > CentOS_BuildTag > .discinfo > EFI > EULA > GPL > images > isolinux > Packages > RELEASE-NOTES-en-US.html > repodata > RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6 > RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Debug-6 > RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Security-6 > RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Testing-6 > .treeinfo > > xen2:~ # virt-install -p --name dns2 --ram 786 --disk > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e315f310000 > --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/centos/6.3/os/x86_64/ > --graphics none > > What is it that's different about the Oracle Linux installation media that > causes this failure? Is there a workaround? > OEL seems to lack .treeinfo which virt-install depends on for finding media in RHEL6 trees. - Cole _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
