Bug 437217

Summary:	Can't install via virt-install (missing 'fedora.css')
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Thomas DuBuisson <thomas.dubuisson>
Component:	python-virtinst	Assignee:	Xen Maintainance List <xen-maint>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	8	CC:	crobinso, poelstra, thomas.dubuisson
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Description Thomas DuBuisson 2008-03-12 18:33:00 EDT

Description of problem:
It is not possible to install Rawhide as a guest OS (Xen DomU) using
virt-install.  At the very least, rawhide is missing the 'fedora.css' in its os
tree.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Consistent

Steps to Reproduce:
1. sudo virt-install -n test -r 512 --vcpus=1 -f /var/lib/xen/images/RH.img
--vnc -p -b virbr0 -l "http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/development/i386/os/"

Alternatively, you can use virt-manger if you like a GUI.
  
Actual results:

$ sudo virt-install -n test -r 512 --vcpus=1 -f /var/lib/xen/images/RH.img --vnc
-p -b virbr0 -l "http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/development/i386/os/"
How large would you like the disk (/var/lib/xen/images/RH.img) to be (in
gigabytes)? 8  

Starting install...
libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: 
[... a long time delay here as it tries to find out what type of distro this
mirror serves ...]
Could not find an installable distribution at:
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/development/i386/os/
Domain installation may not have been
 successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
 by running 'virsh start test'; otherwise, please
 restart your installation.
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:36:50 ERROR    Could not find an installable distribution
at: http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/development/i386/os/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 517, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 481, in main
    dom = guest.start_install(conscb,progresscb)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 811, in
start_install
    self._prepare_install(meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/ParaVirtGuest.py", line 56, in
_prepare_install
    self._installer.prepare(guest = self, meter = meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 205,
in prepare
    
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 175,
in _prepare_kernel_and_initrd
    self.install["kernel"] = kernelfn
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 95, in
acquireKernel
    return store.acquireKernel(fetcher, progresscb)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 81, in
_storeForDistro
    
ValueError: Could not find an installable distribution at:
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/development/i386/os/



Expected results:
Installation of rawhide should start in a VNC window.

Additional info:
Shouldn't matter, but the host is FC8 running the current Xen package (a Xen 3.1
derivative + Linux 2.6.21).

Comment 1 Thomas DuBuisson 2008-03-12 21:06:03 EDT

This is just a check in OSDistro.py that is a bit overly restrictive. 
'fedora.css' is just used to determine if the location is a fedora os tree.  The
check should either be fixed to work with rawhide (ex: look for a file that
exists )or fedora.css should be included in rawhide.

Comment 2 Daniel Berrange 2008-03-12 23:30:49 EDT

What version of the python-virtinst RPM do you have. This problem was fixed in
the python-virtinst 0.300.3 released to rawhide yesterday.

Comment 3 Thomas DuBuisson 2008-03-12 23:48:48 EDT

I'm behind the times what with using F8 as Dom0 and just trying to test rawhide
via Xen DomU.  Closing this bogus report now.

Comment 4 Daniel Berrange 2008-03-13 07:38:04 EDT

Re-opening because we need to ensure F9 DomU can be installed on an F8 dom0,
since F9 will not initially support Xen dom0 functionality.

Comment 5 Thomas DuBuisson 2008-03-15 20:33:38 EDT

Oh, and to answer your question, I have python-virtinst 300.2.  So good
solutions would either be releasing 0.300.3 for F8 or adding the fedora.css file
to the repo.

It should be noted that this won't fix F9/rawhide PVMs GUI install.  The vnc
window doesn't open for rawhide when installing in GUI mode - perhaps there is a
missing driver (xenfb?) in the rawhide initrd.  Can't find a bug report - if I
don't hear about one I'll create it.

Comment 6 Cole Robinson 2008-06-12 16:05:02 EDT

I've verified that F8 can detect and install an F9 tree correctly, so I'm
closing this as NOTABUG