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Henry Pepper

2009-Sep-17 07:57 UTC

Is there a distro detection bug in snv 121?

Hi

The following fails on snv 121, it worked on snv_109.
virt-install --name sol10u7 --hvm --vnc --ram=1024 --file-size=10
--file=/common/xvm/sol10u7.xvm
--location=/common/packages/iso/sol-10-u7-ga-x86-dvd.iso


Starting install...
Could not find an installable distribution at
''/common/packages/iso/sol-10-u7-ga-x86-dvd.iso''

cat /etc/release
                  Solaris Express Community Edition snv_121 X86
           Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
                        Use is subject to license terms.
                            Assembled 11 August 2009


 cat /root/.virtinst/virt-install.log
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (cli:126) Using
libvirt URI ''xen''
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (virt-install:619)
Requesting virt method ''hvm''
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (virt-install:634)
Received virt method ''hvm''
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (virt-install:635)
Hypervisor name is ''xen''
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (util:370) Could
not open "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard" [Errno 2] No such file or
directory: ''/etc/sysconfig/keyboard''
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (util:344) Could
not open "/etc/X11/xorg.conf": [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
''/etc/X11/xorg.conf''
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (util:390) Did not
parse any usable keymapping.
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG
(DistroInstaller:111) DistroInstaller location is a local file/path:
/common/packages/iso/sol-10-u7-ga-x86-dvd.iso
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:171)
Preparing mount at /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (OSDistro:57)
Attempting to detect distro:
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/.treeinfo
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/Fedora
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/Server
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/Client
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/RedHat
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/CentOS
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/SL
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/directory.yast
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/current/images/MANIFEST
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/images/daily/MANIFEST
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (OSDistro:837)
Doesn''t look like a Debian distro.
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/current/images/MANIFEST
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/VERSION
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/boot/platform/i86xpv/kernel/unix
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/platform/i86xpv/kernel/unix
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/STARTUP/XNLOADER.SYS
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/images/boot.iso
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/boot/boot.iso
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:156)
local hasFile: Couldn''t find
/var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8/install/images/boot.iso
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:192)
Cleaning up mount at /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.-eHZr8
[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:42:17 virt-install 810] ERROR (virt-install:866)
Could not find an installable distribution at
''/common/packages/iso/sol-10-u7-ga-x86-dvd.iso''
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 860, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 754, in main
    start_time, guest.start_install)
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 809, in do_install
    dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))
  File
"/export/builds/xvm_121///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 566, in start_install
  File
"/export/builds/xvm_121///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
line 621, in _prepare_install
  File
"/export/builds/xvm_121///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py",
line 234, in prepare
  File
"/export/builds/xvm_121///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py",
line 182, in _prepare_kernel_and_initrd
  File
"/export/builds/xvm_121///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py",
line 135, in acquireKernel
  File
"/export/builds/xvm_121///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py",
line 116, in _acquireMedia
  File
"/export/builds/xvm_121///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py",
line 101, in _storeForDistro
ValueError: Could not find an installable distribution at
''/common/packages/iso/sol-10-u7-ga-x86-dvd.iso''




virt-install --name sol10u7 --hvm --vnc --ram=1024 --file-size=10
--file=/common/xvm/sol10u7.xvm
--location=/common/packages/iso/sol-10-u7-ga-x86-dvd.iso
--os-type=solaris --os-variant=solaris10


Starting install...
Could not find an installable distribution at
''/common/packages/iso/sol-10-u7-ga-x86-dvd.iso''

Any idea of what the problem might be?
  Should this be logged as a bug?

  Henry

John Levon

2009-Sep-17 10:04 UTC

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Re: Is there a distro detection bug in snv 121?

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 09:57:56AM +0200, Henry Pepper wrote:
> The following fails on snv 121, it worked on snv_109.
> virt-install --name sol10u7 --hvm --vnc --ram=1024 --file-size=10
> --file=/common/xvm/sol10u7.xvm
> --location=/common/packages/iso/sol-10-u7-ga-x86-dvd.iso
You can no longer use --location with --hvm. It was always a bug
apparently, but accidentally allowed it previously. Use --cdrom instead.

Sorry about this, I tried to argue with upstream that they shouldn''t
break compatibility like this, but didn''t get anywhere.

regards
john

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