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