Bug 219834 - xen local file:/// URL does not seem to work for installation media of guest OS
Summary: xen local file:/// URL does not seem to work for installation media of guest OS
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: python-virtinst
Version: 5.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Jeremy Katz
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-12-15 17:49 UTC by Dave Wysochanski
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-12-15 18:02:06 UTC
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Description Dave Wysochanski 2006-12-15 17:49:28 UTC
Description of problem:
Put a FC6 DVD in my system and tried to use this for a guest OS install, but the
 graphical installer does not seem to like this.  I get "Invalid PV Media
Address - Install location must be an NFS, HTTP or FTP install source"

At first I missed the fact that the mount point on the DVD contained spaces (IMO
could be another small usability issue for some users).  However, I cut/pasted
the URL in this bug report to firefox and I can browse the media fine, but the
guest OS install fails.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-manager-0.2.5-3.el5 (looks like the latest as of 12/15/2006)

How reproducible:

Every time.

Steps to Reproduce: 
1. Start "Virtual Machine Manager" from bottom left corner start menu
2. Enter "file:///media/FC-6%20x86_64%20DVD" for "Install Media URL"
3. Enter everything else then click "Finish" at the end.
  
Actual results:
Error message

Expected results:
Install guest from local media.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2006-12-15 18:02:06 UTC
The guest doesn't have access to the host's filesystem, so you have to export it
via NFS/FTP/HTTP


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