Bug 219834 – xen local file:/// URL does not seem to work for installation media of guest OS

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

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	python-virtinst (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.0
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Jeremy Katz
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Reported:	2006-12-15 12:49 EST by Dave Wysochanski
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2006-12-15 13:02:06 EST
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Description Dave Wysochanski 2006-12-15 12:49:28 EST

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.

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Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2006-12-15 13:02:06 EST

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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