<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Dear virt-install developers:</div><div><br></div><div>I found one of my commands can run on virt-install 0.5x, but it fails on virt-install 0.6. </div><div>The problem is in _prepare_kernel_and_initrd function of DistroInstaller.py.</div><div><br></div><div>my command line is:</div><div><br></div><div>virt-install -n testredhat2 -r 1024 --vcpus=1 --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/testredhat2.img,size=8 -l /mnt/ --initrd-inject=/home/gongys/redhat/ks.cfg --extra-args "ks=file:/ks.cfg" --connect=qemu:///system --vnc -v --network bridge=br0 --dry-run -d</div><div><br></div>where my RHEL6.1-20110510.1-Server-x86_64-DVD1.iso is mounted at /mnt.<br><br>To fix it, I think we should add back three-line codes to set <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">_install_bootconfig before we inject the
initram:</span><br> def _prepare_kernel_and_initrd(self, guest, meter):<br> disk = None<br><br> # If installing off a local path, map it through to a virtual CD/disk<br> if (self.location is not None and<br> self._location_is_path and<br> not os.path.isdir(self.location)):<br><br> device = VirtualDisk.DEVICE_CDROM<br> if (self.is_xenpv() and<br> not
guest._lookup_osdict_key('pv_cdrom_install')):<br> device = VirtualDisk.DEVICE_DISK<br><br> disk = VirtualDisk(conn=guest.conn,<br> device=device,<br> path=self.location,<br>
readOnly=True,<br> transient=True)<br><br> # Make sure we always fetch kernel here if required<br> if self._install_bootconfig.kernel and not self.scratchdir_required():<br> return disk<br><br> # Need to fetch the kernel & initrd from a remote site, or<br> # out of a loopback mounted disk image/device<br> ignore, os_type, os_variant, media =
OSDistro.acquireKernel(guest,<br> self.location, meter,<br> self.scratchdir,<br>
self.os_type)<br> (kernelfn, initrdfn, args) = media<br><br> if guest.get_os_autodetect():<br> if os_type:<br> logging.debug("Auto detected OS type as: %s" % os_type)<br> guest.os_type = os_type<br><br> if (os_variant and guest.os_type == os_type):<br> logging.debug("Auto detected OS variant as: %s" % os_variant)<br> guest.os_variant =
os_variant<br> <br><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> self._install_bootconfig.kernel = kernelfn</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> self._install_bootconfig.initrd = initrdfn</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> self._install_bootconfig.kernel_args = args</span><br> <br> self._tmpfiles.append(kernelfn)<br> if initrdfn:<br> self._tmpfiles.append(initrdfn)<br><br> if
self._initrd_injections:<br> self._perform_initrd_injections()<br><br> # If required, upload media to an accessible guest location<br> kernelfn, initrdfn = self._upload_media(guest, meter,<br> kernelfn, initrdfn)<br><br> self._install_bootconfig.kernel = kernelfn<br> self._install_bootconfig.initrd = initrdfn<br> self._install_bootconfig.kernel_args = args<br><br>
return disk<br><br>Thanks<br><br></div></body></html>