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

Kotsakis, Stephanos
Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:47:25 -0000

Hi, this problem is very interesting?.

I have a Mac Pro M1 and could not find virt-install (not sure it?s available on
this distro) so I have to install my images by first creating the xml file
describing the hardware of the qemu VM, inside of there I specify the CDROM and
point it to the image. I have been trying to get kali to work for a few weeks
and I was running into a very similar issue.

My installation would start and ask for the language and the keyboard and then
say it was verifying the install media and then die, saying the media cannot be
found. I tried everything possible but could not get passed this. Finally I
switched to the console during installation and noticed that the image was not
mounted into /cdrom !! so looking deeper into it there are 2 partitions (and
corresponding  images one is EFIboot, and the other is the full distro) that get
mounted

/dev/vdb1 on /media

This was there and working which is how I got the initial install menu etc. and
then there was..

/dev/vdb2 on /cdrom

This was not mounted but totally available..strange! I manually mounted this and
went back into the installer and just did a continue?.and then just like
magic?the entire distro installed without any issues.

I?m not sure if this is exactly what your problem is but it sounds very similar,
and I just went through this on Sunday.

Hope this may help you.

-s


From: libvirt-users <libvirt-users-bounces at redhat.com> On Behalf Of
Kaushal Shriyan
Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 10:32 AM
To: libvirt-users at redhat.com
Subject: Installing Kali Linux (kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso) using KVM
virt-install tool

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

# 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

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