Re: [Xen-users] installing a vm with virt-install

Sadique Puthen
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:37:53 -0000

Daniel McBrearty wrote:
>>  i gave this location to virt install.
>>  bottom line: The net install method works for virt install. So, you
>>  could look at those directories, see if you are missing any meta file
>>  that virt install requires (but i doubt it)
>>
>>
>
> OK. But what about when you have the iso downloaded on a local disc?
> surely this should be fine too?
>
> absolute path to dir/file should work, no ?
>

Absolute path to the directory which contains the isos wouldn''t work
for
paravirtualized installation. You have to loop back mount the whole
isos, copy the contents to a directory and share the directory using
nfs/http/ftp and specify nfs/http/ftp url as the installation source.
See some details at.

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_108_10484.shtm

--Sadique

> I tried to find docs about this, what it expects to see and how to
> tell it, but found nothing  ...