I'm trying to set up a fully-virtualised CentOS 3.9 guest under 5.3 using
kickstart. This doesn't work at all with a text-only install:
virt-install -r 384 -n $host -f $dev -v \
-l $loc \
-x ks=http://$kssrv/centos3.ks \
-m $mac --nographics
The installer just sits there and hangs after creating the domain.
# virt-install ...
Starting install...
Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00
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I get better results with a graphical install ( s/--nographics/--vnc/),
but the kickstart portion of it doesn't work - the installer stops at
the boot prompt. Specifying the kickstart option manually on the boot prompt
kicks off a non-interactive install and creates a working guest. So far
so good.
1. I presume I'm running into CentOS bug 2975/RH bug 448006, as my workaround
is identical. Is there any possible workaround so that I don't need to
enter the ks file url at the boot prompt? Are there any alternative boot
files/images etc. I could specify?
2. xm console doesn't work
# xm create host -c
Using config file "./host".
Started domain host
xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
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I've tried "console=xvc0" on the grub kernel line, no joy. Even after
creating the device manually. Any advice?