Re: Installing Kali Linux as Guest OS in KVM Hypervisor

On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 06:15:55PM +0100, Michal Privoznik wrote: > On 12/1/20 5:28 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have run the below command to install Kali Linux using > > linux-2020.4-installer-amd64.iso from https://www.kali.org/downloads/ > > > > #virt-install --name kalilinux --memory 4096 --vcpus=2 > > --location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.4-installer-amd64.iso,kernel=install.amd/gtk/vmlinuz,initrd=install.amd/gtk/initrd.gz > > --network=bridge:br0 --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics=none > > --extra-args "console=ttyS0" -v --disk > > path=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img,size=50 > > > > I am not able to get the root login prompt when I run the below command to > > set IP and hostname for the guest OS. Am I missing any parameters from the > > above virt-install command to install Kali Linux as Guest OS in KVM > > Hypervisor? > > > > Just a hunch, maybe --extra-args work only for installation and are not > persistent? I guess installer doesn't persist kernel cmd line passed in Exactly, --extra-args is just for convenience of not having to edit the kernel cmdline manually when the serial console/GUI window opens with grub. Erik