#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-2022.4-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
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Retrieving file info... | 104 B 00:00:00
ERROR Could not find an installable distribution at '/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2022.4-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 y
#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-2022.4-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
# osinfo-query os | grep -i debian
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.