[et-mgmt-tools] Using Cobbler with KVM

[Michael DeHaan]

Hi folks,

I ran across  a problem where virtualized installs with koan using KVM 
on F-7 result in a guest that can't be restarted post-install.

Here's a patch to the virtinst library from Dan Berrange to fix that.

--- /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py  
2007-08-08 11:47:52.000000000 -0400
+++ /tmp/fix.py 2007-08-08 11:48:18.000000000 -0400
@@ -685,21 +685,21 @@
             if hvm:
                 type = "hvm"
             else:
                 type = "linux"

             if arch:
                 osblob += "    <type arch='%s'>%s</type>\n" % (arch, type)
             else:
                 osblob += "    <type>%s</type>\n" % type

-            if self.install["kernel"]:
+            if install and self.install["kernel"]:
                 osblob += "    <kernel>%s</kernel>\n"   % 
self.install["kernel"]
                 osblob += "    <initrd>%s</initrd>\n"   % 
self.install["initrd"]
                 osblob += "    <cmdline>%s</cmdline>\n" % 
self.install["extraargs"]
             else:
                 if loader:
                     osblob += "    <loader>%s</loader>\n" % loader

                 if install:
                     osblob += "    <boot dev='cdrom'/>\n"
                 else:
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To review, the syntax to install via KVM with a newer cobbler/koan is:

koan --virt [--virt-type=qemu] --profile=profile_name 
--server=bootserver.example.com

You can use the same profiles that you use to boot baremetal to install 
via qemu/KVM, don't use the ones with "xen" kernels.
Note that you can also set --virt-type in cobbler, or even change the 
default virt type in /var/lib/cobbler/settings to default all
new installs with koan to use KVM.

--Michael