Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 589882
virt-install command with option --extra-args fail during install vm
Last modified: 2010-05-07 10:08:25 EDT
Description of problem: Fail to install vm by option: --extra-args "console=ttyS0,115200". The xml file is established and with no problem. The domain installation still in progress, but when try to connect to it by vnc-viewer, an error occour: Cannot determine the VNC port for the guest rhel5_0320pm. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-virtinst-0.500.3-1.el6.noarch libvirt-0.8.1-1.el6.x86_64 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.50.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: # virt-install -n rhel5_0320pm -r 1000 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel5_0320pm.img -s 5 -l http://download.englab.nay.redhat.com/pub/rhel/released/RHEL-5-Server/U4/i386/os/ --nographics --extra-args "console=ttyS0,115200" Starting install... Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 874 B 00:00 ... Retrieving file vmlinuz... | 3.5 MB 00:00 ... Retrieving file initrd.img... | 13 MB 00:00 ... Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00 error: Failed to get local hostname Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to the console to complete the installation process. Actual results: Failed to install vm. Expected results: Install succesfully. Additional info:
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 586175 ***