Dirk H. Schulz wrote on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:13:01 +0200: > You are talking about a basic vm installation to a partition instead of an > image file? That doesn't make a difference. Whether you virt-install to file or partition you end up with xvda'd disks. > If they work at all you one way or the > other do not like the outcome. Well, they do work quite well. I did a lot of installs with virt-install and kickstart. A pleasure. If you don't mind ending up with xvda it's a good way. Depends on your needs. I need customized installations for webhosting that have quite a few additional programs installed and preconfigured and going with template disks is the much easier way then. And then it pays to be able to access the disks anytime with a simple mount. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com