CentOS - Aug 2010 - Introduction and request for help with virtualization

Good morning everyone.  This is my first post to this list. I am very new to
Linux so please bear with me. Also, English is not my first language so
please excuse me if I am unclear.

I am trying to install CentOS Linux operating system in a virtualization
setup. I have already built four host machines with CentOS 5.5 and KVM
virtualization. I can install fine if I do a manual installation. I am now
trying to automate the process.  To this goal, I have create multiple LVMs
inside my new volume group. The name of the volume group is vmstorage_vg.
The problem occurs when I try to run the installation.

I found a script via google:


#!/bin/sh

virt-install \
-n calcnode01 \
-r 1024 \
-f /dev/vmstorage_vg/calcnode01 \
--cdrom=/software/iso/CentOS-5.5_x86_64-boot.iso \
--accelerate \
--vnc \
-x "ks=ftp://192.168.0.101/pub/ks/calcnode01.ks ip=192.168.0.101
netmask=255.255.255.0 dns=192.168.0.20 gateway=192.168.0.1 text
console=ttyS0"

When I start this script from the SSH terminal it starts but I cannot see
anything being installed.  I entered the virsh console and see the
calcnode01 entry if I do a list.  If I try to connect using virsh I do not
see anything.  The kickstart was created from the anaconda file created from
the manual installation. I enabled the options to create the filesystems.

I think the installation is waiting on some input but I cannot see any
console.  I have tried with and without the "console=ttyS0" option.

Thank you everyone for your time.
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Does virt-manager show anything for the guest when connected to the kvm
host?

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On 4 Aug 2010 16:31, "Kevin Chang" <kico.chang at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Good morning everyone. This is my first post to this list. I am very new
to
> Linux so please bear with me. Also, English is not my first language so
> please excuse me if I am unclear.
>
> I am trying to install CentOS Linux operating system in a virtualization
> setup. I have already built four host machines with CentOS 5.5 and KVM
> virtualization. I can install fine if I do a manual installation. I am now
> trying to automate the process. To this goal, I have create multiple LVMs
> inside my new volume group. The name of the volume group is vmstorage_vg.
> The problem occurs when I try to run the installation.
>
> I found a script via google:
>
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> virt-install \
> -n calcnode01 \
> -r 1024 \
> -f /dev/vmstorage_vg/calcnode01 \
> --cdrom=/software/iso/CentOS-5.5_x86_64-boot.iso \
> --accelerate \
> --vnc \
> -x "ks=ftp://192.168.0.101/pub/ks/calcnode01.ks ip=192.168.0.101
> netmask=255.255.255.0 dns=192.168.0.20 gateway=192.168.0.1 text
> console=ttyS0"
>
> When I start this script from the SSH terminal it starts but I cannot see
> anything being installed. I entered the virsh console and see the
> calcnode01 entry if I do a list. If I try to connect using virsh I do not
> see anything. The kickstart was created from the anaconda file created
from
> the manual installation. I enabled the options to create the filesystems.
>
> I think the installation is waiting on some input but I cannot see any
> console. I have tried with and without the "console=ttyS0"
option.
>
> Thank you everyone for your time.
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Am Mittwoch, den 04.08.2010, 11:30 -0400 schrieb Kevin
Chang:
> I found a script via google:
> 
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> virt-install \
> -n calcnode01 \
> -r 1024 \
> -f /dev/vmstorage_vg/calcnode01 \
> --cdrom=/software/iso/CentOS-5.5_x86_64-boot.iso \
> --accelerate \
> --vnc \
> -x "ks=ftp://192.168.0.101/pub/ks/calcnode01.ks ip=192.168.0.101
> netmask=255.255.255.0 dns=192.168.0.20 gateway=192.168.0.1 text
> console=ttyS0"
> 
> When I start this script from the SSH terminal it starts but I cannot
> see anything being installed.  I entered the virsh console and see the
> calcnode01 entry if I do a list.  If I try to connect using virsh I do
> not see anything.  The kickstart was created from the anaconda file
> created from the manual installation. I enabled the options to create
> the filesystems.
> 
> I think the installation is waiting on some input but I cannot see any
> console.  I have tried with and without the "console=ttyS0"
option.
> 
> Thank you everyone for your time.
Kevin,

since you use --vnc the console of the vurtual machine is using vnc, you
can use virt-manager or virt-viewer to atttach a graphical console.

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