On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 08:29:47PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Checking in again if someone can help me for an earlier post to this > mailing list. Thanks in advance. > > > # cat /etc/redhat-release > > CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) > > #virt-install --version > > 1.5.0 > > > > ERROR Error validating install location: Validating install media > > '/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper/initrd' > > failed: Could not start storage pool: cannot open directory > > '/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper': > > No such file or directory It looks like virt-install is interpreting the entire string passed to --location as a path, which will of course not work. I notice that you're running a version of virt-manager that's almost five years old. I'm pretty sure the current version of virt-manager handles this scenario correctly, because I recently filed an unrelated issue where the workaround involves using kernel and initrd with --location. I would normally suggest to try the current main branch, but the age of the underlying OS would probably make that challenging. And even if the fix were to be identified, I'm not convinced it is at all likely that it would get backported to CentOS 7. If you can't upgrade your OS, I'm afraid your best option might be to perform the installation on a separate machine, transfer the disk image over and then use --import mode. -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
