Public bug reported:
* a kickstart tree with the ubuntu 12.04.2 server amd64 files is available on
the KVM host (CentOS 6.3) (mounted via NFS)
* the kickstart file is available as a local file on the KVM host
* installation is done using virt-install
virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name test --location=/kickstart-
trees/ubuntu1204 --ram=2048 --vcpus=2 --disk vol=iscsi-
storage/unit:0:0:31,cache=none --os-type=linux
--network=bridge:br0,model=virtio --network=bridge:br1,model=virtio
--initrd-inject=/home/someuser/ubuntu1204ks.cfg -x
"ks=file:/ubuntu1204ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200"
Starting install...
Retrieving file version.info...
| 116 B 00:00 ...
ERROR Couldn't find hvm kernel for Ubuntu tree.
the virt-install.log file contains the information below - it seems it
is erroneously looking for
/kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/install/netboot/ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
instead of
/kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/install/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
[...]
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:83) Fetching
URI: /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/install/netboot/version.info
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:94) Saved
file to /var/tmp/virtinst-version.info.ffa3bq
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (OSDistro:965) Detected an
Ubuntu distro
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (virt-install:619)
Guest.has_install_phase: True
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (Installer:182)
scratchdir=/var/lib/libvirt/boot
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (OSDistro:65) Attempting
to detect distro:
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/.treeinfo
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/Fedora
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/Server
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/Client
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/RedHat
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/CentOS
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/SL
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/directory.yast
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/current/images/MANIFEST
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/images/daily/MANIFEST
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/current/images/MANIFEST
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:83) Fetching
URI: /kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/install/netboot/version.info
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:94) Saved
file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-version.info.YZspoD
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (OSDistro:965) Detected an
Ubuntu distro
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (ImageFetcher:169) local
hasFile: Couldn't find
/kickstart-trees/ubuntu1204/install/netboot/ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] ERROR (cli:440) Couldn't find
hvm kernel for Ubuntu tree.
[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:11 virt-install 64569] DEBUG (_util:233) Traceback
(most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 629, in start_install
noboot=options.noreboot)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1206, in
start_install
self._prepare_install(meter, dry)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 963, in
_prepare_install
meter=meter)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line
425, in prepare
dev = self._prepare_kernel_and_initrd(guest, meter)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line
364, in _prepare_kernel_and_initrd
self.os_type)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 156, in
acquireKernel
scratchdir, type)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 150, in
_acquireMedia
None, media_cb)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 131, in
_locationCheckWrapper
return callback(store, fetcher)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 143, in
media_cb
media = store.acquireKernel(guest, fetcher, progresscb)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 274, in
acquireKernel
{ "distro": self.name, "type" : self.type })
RuntimeError: Couldn't find hvm kernel for Ubuntu tree.
** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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KVM ubuntu 12.04.2 guest installation with kickstart config fails
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