Re: Installing Kali Linux using KVM virt-install tool

On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 06:57:11AM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso ( > https://www.kali.org/downloads/) using KVM virt-install tool > > #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0 > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none > --location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso > --extra-args="console=ttyS0 > > Starting install... > Retrieving file .treeinfo... > > | 0 B 00:00:00 > Retrieving file content... > > | 0 B 00:00:00 > Retrieving file info... > > | 104 B 00:00:00 > Retrieving file info... > > | 104 B 00:00:00 > Retrieving file info... > > | 104 B 00:00:00 > ERROR Could not find an installable distribution at > '/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso': The URL could > not be accessed, maybe you mistyped? > > The location must be the root directory of an install tree. > See virt-install man page for various distro examples. > Domain installation does not appear to have been successful. > If it was, you can restart your domain by running: > virsh --connect qemu:///system start kalilinux > otherwise, please restart your installation. > > > #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0 > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none > --cdrom=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso > --extra-args="console=ttyS0" > ERROR --extra-args only work if specified with --location. See the man > page for examples of using --location with CDROM media > > I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for* --os-variant= * When > I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything. > Any help will be highly appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you. > Thanks in advance. Hi, Using --location with ISO image requires specific file to be available in the ISO image where virt-install can look to figure out path to linux kernel and initrd otherwise it is not able to use --location and --extra-args as well. If you look into virt-install man page in the section for --location you can find this example: Additionally, --location can take 'kernel' and 'initrd' sub options. These paths relative to the specified location URL/ISO that allow selecting specific files for kernel/initrd within the install tree. This can be useful if virt-install/ libosinfo doesn't know where to find the kernel in the specified --location. For example, if you have an ISO that libosinfo doesn't know about called my-unknown.iso, with a kernel at 'kernel/fookernel' and initrd at 'kernel/fooinitrd', you can make this work with: --location my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd You can use isoinfo to get the content of your ISO image: isoinfo -J -i /path/to/your.iso -f and use the --location with kernel and initrd parameters which will make it work and --extra-args will work as well. Pavel