Can you use -nographics with virt-install to do an install of a Solaris HVM domU (trying to use Nevada 91 as a guest)? Is the -nographics option only for para virtualized guests? # virt-install Would you like a fully virtualized guest (yes or no)? This will allow you to run unmodified operating systems. yes What is the name of your virtual machine? dom-2 How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 1024 What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /export/home/xen/dom2.img How large would you like the disk (/export/home/xen/dom2.img) to be (in gigabytes)? 10 Would you like to enable graphics support? (yes or no) no What would you like to use for the virtual CD image? /export/home/solarisdvd.iso Starting install... libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: Creating storage file... 100% |=========================| 10 GB 00:00 Creating domain... 0 B 00:06 Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to the console to complete the installation process. # Thanks Margot This message posted from opensolaris.org
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 08:21:30PM -0700, Margot H. Miller wrote:> Can you use -nographics with virt-install to do an install of a > Solaris HVM domU (trying to use Nevada 91 as a guest)? Is the > -nographics option only for para virtualized guests?You can''t really do it: you always need the VNC window in order to select the ''text console'' option from grub. After that, though, you can connect to the domain console and do a text install from there, and you''ll never need VNC again. regards john