On 11/06/2012 01:29 AM, Joe Linoff wrote: > Hi Everybody: > > I am trying to get virt-install to work with a kickstart file that is on > the local file system. > > I tried using the --initrd-inject="/tmp" > --extra-args="ks=file:/myks.cfg" but I got this error message: > > ERROR --extra-args only work if specified with --location. > > Here is the basic command: > > virt-install \ > --accelerate \ > --cdrom /tools/iso/CentOS-6.3-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso \ > --disk device=disk,path="/var/lib/libvirt/images/myguest.img" \ > --graphics vnc \ > --name myguest \ > --os-type linux \ > --os-variant rhel6 \ > --ram 2048 \ > --vpcus 1,maxvcpus=4 \ > --initrd-inject "/tmp" \ > --extra-args "ks=file:/myks.cfg" > > Why do I need the location? I thought that was only used when > installatiing from a distribution tree. I am using a DVD ISO image. If I > have to use it, how would I specify it? >
--extra-args is just kernel arguments, and when booting off an ISO libvirt/qemu has no way to pass the arguments to the kernel. You would have to actually edit files on the ISO media. - Cole _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
