Installing Kali Linux (kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso) using KVM virt-install tool

Mauricio Tavares
Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:47:19 -0000

On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:32 AM Kaushal Shriyan
<kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso
(https://www.kali.org/downloads/) using KVM virt-install tool
>
> #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
--file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
--os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
--location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso
--extra-args="console=ttyS0
>
> Starting install...
> Retrieving file .treeinfo...
|    0 B  00:00:00
> Retrieving file content...
|    0 B  00:00:00
> Retrieving file info...
|  104 B  00:00:00
> Retrieving file info...
|  104 B  00:00:00
> Retrieving file info...
|  104 B  00:00:00
> ERROR    Could not find an installable distribution at
'/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.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 kalilinux
> otherwise, please restart y
>
> #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
--file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
--os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
--cdrom=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso
--extra-args="console=ttyS0"
> ERROR    --extra-args only work if specified with --location. See the man
page for examples of using --location with CDROM media
>
    That is very similar to what I use. Have you tried without
extra-args, maybe setting vnc for now?

> # osinfo-query os | grep -i debian
>  debian1.1            | Debian GNU/Linux 1.1
| 1.1      | http://debian.org/debian/1.1
>  debian1.2            | Debian GNU/Linux 1.2
| 1.2      | http://debian.org/debian/1.2
>  debian1.3            | Debian GNU/Linux 1.3
| 1.3      | http://debian.org/debian/1.3
>  debian10             | Debian 10
| 10       | http://debian.org/debian/10
>  debian11             | Debian 11
| 11       | http://debian.org/debian/11
>  debian2.0            | Debian GNU/Linux 2.0
| 2.0      | http://debian.org/debian/2.0
>  debian2.1            | Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
| 2.1      | http://debian.org/debian/2.1
>  debian2.2            | Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
| 2.2      | http://debian.org/debian/2.2
>  debian3              | Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
| 3.0      | http://debian.org/debian/3
>  debian3.1            | Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
| 3.1      | http://debian.org/debian/3.1
>  debian4              | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
| 4.0      | http://debian.org/debian/4
>  debian5              | Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
| 5.0      | http://debian.org/debian/5
>  debian6              | Debian 6.0
| 6.0      | http://debian.org/debian/6
>  debian7              | Debian 7
| 7        | http://debian.org/debian/7
>  debian8              | Debian 8
| 8        | http://debian.org/debian/8
>  debian9              | Debian 9
| 9        | http://debian.org/debian/9
>  debiantesting        | Debian testing
| testing  | http://debian.org/debian/testing
> #
>
> I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for --os-variant=
When I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali. It did not return anything.
>
> Any help will be highly appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks in advance.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kaushal