[et-mgmt-tools] Re: [libvirt] Re: virsh/virt-install for dummies

[Daniel Veillard]

  Well that really need to be archived on the proper list, i.e.
  et-mgmt-tools at redhat.com

Daniel

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 02:08:28PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:25:21AM +0900, Jun Koi wrote:
> > Yes, that was a mistake. I changed -c to --connect, and get the error
> > "Unsupported virtualization type" now. How can I fix it?
> 
> I've been bitten by this very same error message in virt-install.
> Took me absolutely ages to work out that I had to use the '--hvm'
> option.  It's a usability bug in virt-install, plain and simple.
> Attached is a patch which clarifies the error message.
> 
> Rich.
> 
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> diff -r de5bcee1e78f virtinst/ImageManager.py
> --- a/virtinst/ImageManager.py	Mon Aug 18 16:33:57 2008 -0400
> +++ b/virtinst/ImageManager.py	Wed Aug 20 14:08:00 2008 +0100
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
>  
>          self._guest = self._capabilities.guestForOSType(self._boot_caps.type, self._boot_caps.arch)
>          if self._guest is None:
> -            raise PlatformMatchException(_("Unsupported virtualization type"))
> +            raise PlatformMatchException(_("Unsupported virtualization type. If the host only supports full virtualization, try adding the --hvm option."))
>  
>          self._domain = self._guest.bestDomainType()
>          self.type = self._domain.hypervisor_type

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