KVM on Z - Knowledge Series: Use virt-install for KVM Guest Installations

2018-07-20 Thread Stefan Raspl
Tired of fiddling with guest XML files and virtual DJing with ISO images? Then our latest entry in our Knowledge Series might come handy! Plus it also offers access to further Linux distributions on IBM Z! Read more on how virt-install can help at http://kvmonz.blogspot.com/2018/07/knowledge-use

Re: virt-install

2017-08-05 Thread Neale Ferguson
Both are after the successful install. I didn't capture the failed install command.

Re: virt-install

2017-08-05 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 8/5/2017 at 11:52 AM, Neale Ferguson wrote: > This is using both mechanisms to create working guests - The first one doesn't look like it's for the actual install, but after that. I don't see anything pointing to your installation kernel, initrd, or ISO image (or otherwise). Mark Pos

Re: virt-install

2017-08-05 Thread Neale Ferguson
-msg timestamp=on It would be interesting to see what qemu command gets generated via virt-manager versus virt-install. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: virt-install

2017-08-05 Thread Mark Post
enerated via virt-manager versus virt-install. Mark Post -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/ht

Re: virt-install

2017-08-04 Thread Neale Ferguson
I found the problem disappeared when I changed location from the loop-mounted ISO image to the URL of the ClefOS download site. Things are installing as expected. Neale -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instru

Re: virt-install

2017-08-04 Thread Neale Ferguson
Hard to tell from afar ... could you try to run virt-install with >"--print-step all" (not sure which one to use in this case) and post the >resulting domain XML? >What versions of qemu and libvirt are you using? ---

Re: virt-install

2017-08-04 Thread Viktor Mihajlovski
tiple times and then giving up: > > Starting Switch Root... > [FAILED] Failed to start Switch Root. > See 'systemctl status initrd-switch-root.service' for details. > > Is there something I should have specified in the vert-install: > > vir

virt-install

2017-08-03 Thread Neale Ferguson
nitrd-switch-root.service' for details. Is there something I should have specified in the vert-install: virt-install\ --name=itzgeekguest \ --connect=qemu:///system\