Description of problem: running the command: sudo koan --virt --virt-name=xxx --server=puppet --system=xxx on a system with qemu based virtualisation does not inject the kickstart file into the boot process. The output from: print results in virt_net_install in app.py, after calling create_func, looks like this: - ['virt-install', '--connect', 'qemu:///system', '--name', 'robot', '--ram', '1024', '--vcpus', '1', '--autostart', '--vnc', '--hvm', '--location', 'http://172.17.31.77/cblr/links/f17-i386/', '--arch', 'i386', '--os-variant', 'generic26', '--disk', 'path=/var/lib/libvirt/images//robot-disk0,size=5', '--network', 'bridge=vmbridge', '--mac=00:16:3e:4d:79:04', '--wait', '0', '--noautoconsole'] I think that the --hvm should also have the kickstart description appended to it. Lines 200-219 of /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/koan/virtinstall.py indicate that the --extra-args are not appended properly. If I delete the else: on 204 then the boot works ok, giving this output, and going on to act on the kickstart file: - ['virt-install', '--connect', 'qemu:///system', '--name', 'robot', '--ram', '1024', '--vcpus', '1', '--autostart', '--vnc', '--hvm', '--extra-args=ks=http://172.17.31.77/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/robot ksdevice=link kssendmac lang= text ', '--location', 'http://172.17.31.77/cblr/links/f17-i386/', '--arch', 'i386', '--os-variant', 'generic26', '--disk', 'path=/var/lib/libvirt/images//robot-disk0,size=5', '--network', 'bridge=vmbridge', '--mac=00:16:3e:4d:79:04', '--wait', '0', '--noautoconsole'] Here's the relevant code snippet: 198 if is_qemu and virt_type: 199 if not disable_virt_type: 200 cmd += "--virt-type %s " % virt_type 201 if fullvirt or is_qemu or is_import: 202 if fullvirt is not None: 203 cmd += "--hvm " 204 else: 205 cmd += ("--extra-args=\"%s\" " % (extra)) 206 if is_xen: 207 cmd += "--pxe " 208 elif cdrom: 209 cmd += "--cdrom %s " % cdrom 210 elif location: 211 cmd += "--location %s " % location 212 elif importpath: 213 cmd += "--import " 214 if arch: 215 cmd += "--arch %s " % arch 216 else: 217 cmd += "--paravirt " 218 cmd += ("--boot kernel=%s,initrd=%s,kernel_args=\"%s\" " % 219 (kernel, initrd, extra)) As I don't have anything more than my one installation, I've no idea whether just removing the else: appropriate or sufficient. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 17 koan-2.2.3-2.fc17.noarch qemu-1.0.1-1.fc17.i686 How reproducible: Unclear - I'm not sure what are the key components involved in this scenario. However, assuming that it's just qemu and koan, it seems to be consistent. Steps to Reproduce: 1. import an f17 profile 2. define a system based on the profile with a kickstart file 3. run the above koan command Actual results: kickstart not used by anaconda on the vm. Built command does not include --extra-args parameter Expected results: vm should launch and install using the kickstart. Additional info:
This is fixed in cobbler git: commit 0db6b7dd829cc0e9c86411390267fea927021b2f Author: Daichi Kamemoto <daikame> Date: Sat Jun 23 22:59:55 2012 +0900 BUGFIX extra-args option problems - fix qemu haven't extra-args. - fix empty 'extra' params added 'extra-args=None' to virt-install. What does it take to get a new version of cobbler released? And a Fedora build?
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Actually, I think it was fixed in Fedora 17 on 20th June in koan-2.4.0. I don't appear to be able to change the status though.