On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:32 AM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to install kali-linux-2022.4-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-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 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-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

That is very similar to what I use. Have you tried without extra-args, maybe setting vnc for now?

# osinfo-query os | grep -i debian debian1.1 | Debian GNU/Linux 1.1 | 1.1 | http://debian.org/debian/1.1 debian1.2 | Debian GNU/Linux 1.2 | 1.2 | http://debian.org/debian/1.2 debian1.3 | Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 | 1.3 | http://debian.org/debian/1.3 debian10 | Debian 10 | 10 | http://debian.org/debian/10 debian11 | Debian 11 | 11 | http://debian.org/debian/11 debian2.0 | Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 | 2.0 | http://debian.org/debian/2.0 debian2.1 | Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 | 2.1 | http://debian.org/debian/2.1 debian2.2 | Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 | 2.2 | http://debian.org/debian/2.2 debian3 | Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 | 3.0 | http://debian.org/debian/3 debian3.1 | Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 | 3.1 | http://debian.org/debian/3.1 debian4 | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | 4.0 | http://debian.org/debian/4 debian5 | Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 | 5.0 | http://debian.org/debian/5 debian6 | Debian 6.0 | 6.0 | http://debian.org/debian/6 debian7 | Debian 7 | 7 | http://debian.org/debian/7 debian8 | Debian 8 | 8 | http://debian.org/debian/8 debian9 | Debian 9 | 9 | http://debian.org/debian/9 debiantesting | Debian testing | testing | http://debian.org/debian/testing #

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.

Best Regards,

Kaushal

On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 4:32 PM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to install kali-linux-2022.4-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-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 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-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso': The URL could not be accessed, maybe you mistyped?

Hi, possibly it depends on having System ID empty on image: [root@tekkapc ~]# osinfo-detect /linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso Media is bootable. [root@tekkapc ~]# isoinfo -d -i /linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format System id: Volume id: Kali Linux amd64 1 Anyway on my Fedora 36 it seems it works this way (note I put 20 as a disk size and virbr0 as a bridge... do not simply copy; see also the warnings): # mount -o loop /linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso /mnt/ # virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img --file-size=20 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:virbr0 --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian11 --graphics none --cdrom=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso --boot kernel=/mnt/install.amd/vmlinuz,initrd=/mnt/install.amd/initrd.gz,kernel_args="console=ttyS0" WARNING --os-type is deprecated and does nothing. Please stop using it. WARNING CDROM media does not print to the text console by default, so you likely will not see text install output. You might want to use --location. See the man page for examples of using --location with CDROM media WARNING --os-type is deprecated and does nothing. Please stop using it. WARNING CDROM media does not print to the text console by default, so you likely will not see text install output. You might want to use --location. See the man page for examples of using --location with CDROM media Starting install... Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00:00 Running text console command: virsh --connect qemu:///system console kalilinux Connected to domain 'kalilinux' Escape character is ^] (Ctrl + ]) [ 0.000000] Linux version 6.0.0-kali3-amd64 (devel@kali.org) (gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-3) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.39) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.0.7-1kali1 (2022-11-07) [ 0.000000] Command line: console=ttyS0 . . . and I can complete the installation with the ncurses based windows HIH, Gianluca