Thanks for the bug, we found this on debugging:
Starting install... [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:56) Using scratchdir=/var/lib/libvirt/boot [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:503) Finding distro store for location=/var/lib/libvirt/images/bionic-server-s390x.iso [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:345) Running isoinfo: ['isoinfo', '-J', '-i', '/var/lib/libvirt/images/bionic-server-s390x.iso', '-x', '/.treeinfo'] [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:89) Fetching URI: /.treeinfo Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 0 B 00:00:00 [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:164) Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-.treeinfo.2131Dc [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:404) Did not find 'family' section in treeinfo [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:345) Running isoinfo: ['isoinfo', '-J', '-i', '/var/lib/libvirt/images/bionic-server-s390x.iso', '-x', '/content'] [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:89) Fetching URI: /content Retrieving file content... | 0 B 00:00:00 [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:1144) No treearch found in uri, defaulting to arch=i386 [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:357) Running isoinfo: ['isoinfo', '-J', '-i', '/var/lib/libvirt/images/bionic-server-s390x.iso', '-f'] [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:144) hasFile(/current/images/MANIFEST) returning False [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:144) hasFile(/daily/MANIFEST) returning False [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:144) hasFile(/.disk/info) returning True [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:345) Running isoinfo: ['isoinfo', '-J', '-i', '/var/lib/libvirt/images/bionic-server-s390x.iso', '-x', '/.disk/info'] [Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:31:36 virt-install 12481] DEBUG (urlfetcher:89) Fetching URI: /.disk/info TL;DR - it needs isoinfo but is not part of the dependencies yet. ** Also affects: virt-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: virt-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763609 Title: virt-install fails on bionic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/1763609/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs