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Old 05-04-2011, 12:08 PM   #1
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KVM-Text Mode "Installation Method"


hi all!
i have been told to create 3 VM without GUI all text mode
my host is centos5.5 kernel 2.6.38.4, it has all the default paquets of virtualization installed, it hasn't got GUI.
i entered the command:
virt-install -n BXVI
-r 1024
--network bridge:bridge
-x "console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"
--nographics
-f /data/img/disk.img
-l /data/dist/Centos_5.2.iso
--accelerate

it enters the installation in text mode. the first menu shown is the "select language". the next one is "Installation Method" and here i'm stuck i have tried nearly everything and i haven't solve it.
can somebody help me!!
thanks
 
Old 05-04-2011, 05:40 PM   #2
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Can you try '--cdrom' instead of '-l' .. ?
 
Old 05-06-2011, 04:04 AM   #3
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hi kbp
i already tried -c, --cdrom. i tried mounting the iso "mount -o loop name.iso", also putting "http...(mirror)".
with c or cdrom it din't entered the installation menu. instead, with -l or --location i entered the installation method but after selecting the language in the language menu, the next menu is the "Installation method" and there i couldn't do nothing.
i got my bios enabled for virtualization, kvm modules loaded all the necessary packets, libraries & stuff. i don't know why is happening this, because i followed lots of How To's but neither of them talked about problems like the ones i'm suffering.
 
  


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