Re: Installing Kali Linux as Guest OS in KVM Hypervisor

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