Ok, time to wrap this up. My error was that when virt-install first asked for network information, I gave it values that did not work at that time (values for another live machine that I meant to replace with the new virtual machine). I did not realize, these values were only for the installation, not for the newly-created virtual guest. After that, the installation from my own http "mirror" (over gigabit net) started ok. It is still running, about as fast as from an optical drive. - Jussi -- Jussi Hirvi * Green Spot Topeliuksenkatu 15 C * 00250 Helsinki * Finland Tel. +358 9 493 981 * Mobile +358 40 771 2098 (only sms) jussi.hirvi at greenspot.fi * http://www.greenspot.fi