Hi,

What's the version you used?
#rpm -q kernel qemu-kvm libvirt python-virtinst

I can install guest successfully on RHEL environment with virt-install and virt-manager without any erros:
# virt-install -n test -r 1500 --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel6.2 -c /tmp/en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso

Since virt-install is python-virtinst command,I change the component to python-virtinst.

(In reply to comment #2)
> Hi,
> 
> What's the version you used?
> #rpm -q kernel qemu-kvm libvirt python-virtinst
> 
> I can install guest successfully on RHEL environment with virt-install and
> virt-manager without any erros:
> # virt-install -n test -r 1500 --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel6.2
> -c /tmp/en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso
> 
> Since virt-install is python-virtinst command,I change the component to
> python-virtinst.

yuping zhang,

i have ran the following command
rpm -q kernel qemu-kvm libvirt python-virtinst
and here is the output from the command

kernel-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.5.x86_64
libvirt-0.9.4-23.el6_2.8.x86_64
python-virtinst-0.600.0-5.el6.noarch


let me know if you need any other information. thanks!!

> 
> i have ran the following command
> rpm -q kernel qemu-kvm libvirt python-virtinst
> and here is the output from the command
> 
> kernel-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
> kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64
> kernel-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64
> kernel-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64
> qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.5.x86_64
> libvirt-0.9.4-23.el6_2.8.x86_64
> python-virtinst-0.600.0-5.el6.noarch
> 
> 
> let me know if you need any other information. thanks!!

Hi mnobile,

That should be work.
Can you please try this command?
#virt-install -n demo -r 1024 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/demo.img -s 5 -c /home/share/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.iso

Yuping

> 
> Hi mnobile,
> 
> That should be work.
> Can you please try this command?
> #virt-install -n demo -r 1024 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/demo.img -s 5 -c
> /home/share/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.
> iso
> 
> Yuping


Yuping,

i have taken your advice and ran the following commands here

virt-install -n tester3.example.com -r 1500 -f/home/user/KVM/images/tester3.example.com.img -s 20 -c /home/user/RHSCA/CentOS-6.0.iso

no luck here.

i thought maybe i was having permission issues, so i have a dvd centos 6.0 i stuck it and ran the following command

virt-install -n tester3.example.com -r 1500 --disk path=/home/user/KVM/images/tester3.example.com.img,size=20 --cdrom /dev/cdrom/

no luck again, infact i get a new error with that one
 boot failed: could not read from cdrom (code 003)

i do not think i am being specific enough when this error occurs, i get to the welcome to centos screen and then when i press enter to install  it attempts to load vmlinuz......the errors appear then. here is a link to Imgur to help clarify. 
https://imgur.com/a/VhqoH

(In reply to comment #5)
> > 
> > Hi mnobile,
> > 
> > That should be work.
> > Can you please try this command?
> > #virt-install -n demo -r 1024 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/demo.img -s 5 -c
> > /home/share/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.
> > iso
> > 
> > Yuping
> 
> 
> Yuping,
> 
> i have taken your advice and ran the following commands here
> 
> virt-install -n tester3.example.com -r 1500
> -f/home/user/KVM/images/tester3.example.com.img -s 20 -c
> /home/user/RHSCA/CentOS-6.0.iso
> 
> no luck here.
> 
> i thought maybe i was having permission issues, so i have a dvd centos 6.0 i
> stuck it and ran the following command

do this maybe resolve the issue:
chown qemu:qemu /home/user/RHSCA

> 
> virt-install -n tester3.example.com -r 1500 --disk
> path=/home/user/KVM/images/tester3.example.com.img,size=20 --cdrom
> /dev/cdrom/
> 
> no luck again, infact i get a new error with that one
>  boot failed: could not read from cdrom (code 003)
> 
> i do not think i am being specific enough when this error occurs, i get to
> the welcome to centos screen and then when i press enter to install  it
> attempts to load vmlinuz......the errors appear then. here is a link to
> Imgur to help clarify. 
> https://imgur.com/a/VhqoH

you can add --debug in virt-install command,and paste output log here,so dev. 
can help your to investigate the issue, thanks.

Created attachment 590099 [details]
KVM Debug log ran on jun 7

here is the debug log since i installed the system in jan. If you "grep for Jun" it is not nearly as big. Also between the timestamp of June 6-June 7 i created a virt machine successfully in the GUI it was called tester3.example.com
the rest should be me trying to create a virt machine in the command prompt.
Thanks

Hi mnobile
  I have saw your guest xml file, all without graphics element,if you set no graphical console,you need to have a text console configured on the first serial port in the guest, can use --extra-args with kickstart file,but in only used with -l, if using iso, you can try below command:
get vmlinuz and initrd.img first and run
# virt-install -n test -r 1024 -f /var/lib/libvirt/test.img -s 10 --nographics --boot kernel=/tmp/vmlinuz,initrd=/tmp/initrd.img,kernel_args="console=ttyS0" --serial pty -c /home/redhat/CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso 

BTW,if you want to use vnc or spice, can add this: --graphics vnc or --graphics spice
hope this can help you, thanks.

WOOT it worked!!!
Thank you thank you so much

Yes I am trying to install without VNC with the CLI only. I didn't understand all the options that i had. I thought that it would install but i see that it automaticly defaults to vnc if certain packages are installed "GUI" I have been working on this for months on and off.

So the command that i ran to make this work with no problems at all is this 

virt-install -n tester123.example.com -r 1500 -f /home/user/KVM/images/tester123.example.com.img -s 20 --nographics -l /home/mnobile/RHCSA/CentOS6.0.iso -x "console=ttyS0"

and that command worked fine no problems at all.

i still have a couple more questions if you could help me out though. 
when you are connected to the KVM with a command like virsh console tester123.example.com
can change to other terminals like you can on the host example:"ctrl+alt+f2"


I was wondering if there are any tutorials that you know of to help me learn more about KVM, and or online labs... something like that.

Thanks again.

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