Hello all,

I have been editing this script my teacher provided me. I have been getting errors after I ran the script to an image on the server.

here is the script:
#!/bin/bash
GUESTIMAGESTORAGE=/home/wahab/Desktop/linux
GUESTIMAGEFORMAT=qcow2
ISOSTORAGE=/home/wahab/Desktop/iso
ISOFILENAME=SL-63-x86_64-2012-08-02-Install-DVD.iso
NETWORKBRIDGE=guest_os_bridge
KICKSTARTFILEPATH=/home/wahab/Desktop/kickstart
GUESTRAM=1024
GUESTDISKSIZE=4
REPO64=http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/x86_64/os
GUESTNAME64=sl63x86_64_wgul
KICKSTARTFILENAME64=sl63x86_64_ks_base.cfg
KICKSTARTFILELOCATION64=$KICKSTARTFILEPATH/$KICKSTARTFILENAME64
echo "$KICKSTARTFILELOCATION64"
# Create images directory
mkdir -p /home/wahab/Desktop/iso
mkdir -p /home/wahab/Desktop/kickstart
mkdir -p $GUESTIMAGESTORAGE
cp /root/install/$KICKSTARTFILENAME64 $KICKSTARTFILEPATH/$KICKSTARTFILENAME64
virt-install --connect qemu:///system \
--name $GUESTNAME64 \
--ram $GUESTRAM \
--vcpus=1 \
--file $GUESTIMAGESTORAGE/$GUESTNAME64$(echo ".")$GUESTIMAGEFORMAT \
--file-size $GUESTDISKSIZE \
--location $REPO64 \
--vnc \
--noautoconsole \
--os-type linux \
--accelerate \
--network=bridge:$NETWORKBRIDGE,mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 \
--hvm \
--initrd-inject=$KICKSTARTFILELOCATION64 \
--extra-args "ks=file:/$KICKSTARTFILENAME64"
#

Error Message I am getting after running the script:
[root@localhost Desktop]# bash sample_create-1.sh
/home/wahab/Desktop/kickstart/sl63x86_64_ks_base.cfg

Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 768 B 00:00 ...
Retrieving file vmlinuz... | 7.6 MB 00:04 ...
Retrieving file initrd.img... | 60 MB 00:30 ...
ERROR internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/5
qemu-kvm: -drive file=/home/wahab/Desktop/linux/sl63x86_64_wgul.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=raw,cache=none: could not open disk image /home/wahab/Desktop/linux/sl63x86_64_wgul.qcow2: Permission denied

Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start sl63x86_64_wgul
otherwise, please restart your installation.
[root@localhost Desktop]#


I have give files chmod 777 permision, but i am still getting this error. Please help explaining where is the problem.

hi there
first you might want to use the "code" tags when posting
so it looks like this -- it is a lot easier to read
using chmod with "777" on system files is likely to cause the operating system to not boot

or if folders in your home like "Desktop"
you might not even be able to login as that user

most OS's check if the "system files" have the correct permissions and if NOT then NOT BOOT
this is a safety precaution

and SELinux REALLY checks things ,and if the SE context is not correct it will not run

also this
linux is not Windows
the "Desktop" folder is a special case folder
keeping programs there can cause problems , like they might not work

"sl63x86_64"
so this is ScientificLinux 6.3 you have
SELinux can also cause problems if you use the "Desktop" folder

-- linux is not windows --
so please do not try to fill up the "desktop " with 1,000+ "installers"

there should be a folder in your home folder called "public"
that is in the system $PATH for your normal user

thank you very much for your help. I have moved the data from Desktop to Public folder. I am still getting this error.

being "homework"

you might want to re go over the section in your textbook
paragraph by paragraph to look for what you missed on moving a VM image from one VM to another