On 2/13/20 12:18 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to set up alpine Linux Guest OS using the below command > > #virt-install --name=mfecdrupalalphine > --file=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/images/mfecdrupalalphine.img > --file-size=100 --nonsparse --vcpus=2 --ram=6096 --network=bridge:br0 > --os-type=linux --os-variant=alpinelinux3.8 --graphics none > --location=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/alpine-standard-3.11.3-x86_64.iso > --extra-args="console=ttyS0" > > Starting install... > Retrieving file .treeinfo... > > | 0 B 00:00:00 > Retrieving file content... > > | 0 B 00:00:00 > ERROR Could not find an installable distribution at > '/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/alpine-standard-3.11.3-x86_64.iso': > The URL could not be accessed, maybe you mistyped? > > The location must be the root directory of an install tree. > See virt-install man page for various distro examples. > Domain installation does not appear to have been successful. > If it was, you can restart your domain by running: > virsh --connect qemu:///system start mfecdrupalalphine > otherwise, please restart your installation. > > The iso file do exist as per the below details > ls -l > /linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/alpine-standard-3.11.3-x86_64.iso > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127926272 Feb 12 17:49 > /linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/alpine-standard-3.11.3-x86_64.iso > # virt-instal doesn't know where to find the bootable kernel and initrd in the directory tree on the alpine iso. If you are using virt-install 2.1.0 you can use --location $PATH,kernel=/relative/path/to/kernel,initrd=/relative/path/to/initrd where those paths are relative to the root of the ISO tree. Or try --cdrom $PATH, but then --extra-args won't work - Cole
