hola,

i originally posted this in linux newbs, however not much help over there so i thought i would post it here where i might be able to get some better help with this problem.

so i am running into some issues here; I'm trying to learn everything through the command prompt once i understand how to do it in the GUI. I'm working through michael jang's RHCSA book, I'm using Centos 6.2.

I'm trying to install a KVM virt machine through my host which has a ftp site up, by using a kickstart file.

I did this already in the GUI and it works fine; I'm trying to do it in command prompt and it's not working it doesn't load up at all just a black screen or a black screen with the following error
kvm: 5657: cpu0 unimplememted perfctr wrmsr

this is the command i type into the command prompt; i have shut down, restarted done this and done that i don't know what is wrong. i don't know what is different. I even changed the ks.cfg file from sda to vda. i read that the kickstart file assumes that vda is being used. I can ping the host to the other 3 virt machines and vice-versa. Also when i do a install through the gui, no problems at all it finds the kickstart file and then preceeds to the installation gui. Thanks in advance guys

this is what i type into the console
virt-install -n outsider1.example.org -r 1200 \
--disk path=/home/username/KVM/outsider1.example.org.img,size=20 \
-l ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/inst
--vcpus 2 \
-x "ks=ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/ks.cfg"

then it says
starting install...
retrieving file...
blah
blah blah

here are the logs from when i ran the commands last; this is way outta my league. online i couldn't find much either.
command i ran tail -f /var/log/messages

Jan 28 15:33:03 Peaceprize kernel: device vnet1 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 28 15:33:03 Peaceprize kernel: virbr0: topology change detected, propagating
Jan 28 15:33:03 Peaceprize kernel: virbr0: port 3(vnet1) entering forwarding state
Jan 28 15:33:03 Peaceprize NetworkManager[1803]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/vnet1: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring...
Jan 28 15:33:04 Peaceprize avahi-daemon[1819]: Registering new address record for fe80::fc54:ff:fecc:417 on vnet1.*.
Jan 28 15:33:09 Peaceprize kernel: kvm: 8449: cpu0 unimplemented perfctr wrmsr: 0xc1 data 0x0
Jan 28 15:33:09 Peaceprize kernel: kvm: 8449: cpu0 unimplemented perfctr wrmsr: 0x186 data 0x130079
Jan 28 15:33:09 Peaceprize kernel: kvm: 8449: cpu0 unimplemented perfctr wrmsr: 0xc1 data 0xffd750e4
Jan 28 15:33:09 Peaceprize kernel: kvm: 8449: cpu0 unimplemented perfctr wrmsr: 0x186 data 0x530079
Jan 28 15:33:09 Peaceprize kernel: kvm: 8449: cpu1 unimplemented perfctr wrmsr: 0xc1 data 0x0
Jan 28 15:33:09 Peaceprize kernel: kvm: 8449: cpu1 unimplemented perfctr wrmsr: 0x186 data 0x130079
Jan 28 15:33:09 Peaceprize kernel: kvm: 8449: cpu1 unimplemented perfctr wrmsr: 0xc1 data 0xffd750e4

Malak, hi.

I think you can ignore those cpu messages according to this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507085

Do you ever get to a page showing that the network couldn't be set up? Or, unable to download kickstart file?

You could try adding "--network network=default" to your command line to see if that helps? Or are you using/expecting bridged networking? If so, something like "--network bridge=br0" might help...need to replace br0 with the name of your specific bridge though if using that method.

I thought (and the way the manpage reads to me) networking should default for you. I ran a quick test on a fedora 15 box. It couldn't configure the network so that might be your problem too.

Also, did you check the other virtual terminals with alt-f3 and alt-f4 to look for more info on what's happening on the guest?

Good luck,
Scott

try virt-install --name test --ram 1024 --disk pool=default,size=8 -l ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/inst
-x ks=ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/ks.cfg and you should be able to install your vm

Dear malak33,

That was an error. In the book, I had set up the outsider.example.org system on the 192.168.100.0 network. My error was to couple that with the FTP server on the 192.168.122.1 system. (The FTP server is most easily accessible on that network from IP address 192.168.100.1).

Another user had a slightly different take on this, and an interesting workaround -- see the discussion starting Oct 12, 2011 in this Amazon thread, ref http://www.amazon.com/Collecting-que...sin=0071765654

This is in my list of errata to incorporate.

FYI, I usually monitor the LQ certification board at http://www.amazon.com/Collecting-que...sin=0071765654 , as well as the discussions on the Amazon page for the book. If you have any additional questions, you should be able to get my attention in one of those two places.

Thanks!

Sorry for the late reply.
Thank you for help trying to find the answer that i was looking for. I haven't tried this out yet, but i went to the thread you linked to and saw the solution. I will try this when i get some more time.

it has been crazy for me school just finished and i was studying for the A+ cert as well. I passed woot!

i thought i was going to get training for the RHCSA cert in march, however it has been pushed back until august(that's when i will be at my current job for a year)

So i thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and get my Network+ awhile and maybe my Security+ as well.

Once i get these i will go back to your book, and i will let you know how it works out for me.

Great book by the way!!! i have read to page 600 and am currently on page 200 for all the labs. I have learned so much already. Thank you for writing it, amazing job!!!