[et-mgmt-tools] HVM installs are broken?

[John Levon]

On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 09:49:50AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:

> > virt-install -d  -n domu-225 -r 1024 --hvm --vnc -f
> >  /export/guests/2008.11/root.img --os-type=windows -l
> >  /net/heaped/export/netimage/windows/xp.iso
> > 
> > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG    Using libvirt URI connect 'xen'
> > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG    Requesting virt method 'hvm'
> > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG    Received virt method 'hvm'
> > ...
> > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG    Attempting to detect distro:
> > ...
> > Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:36:58 DEBUG    Cleaning up mount at
> > /var/lib/xen/virtinstmnt.REF5Hf
> > Could not find an installable distribution at '/net/heaped/export/netimage/windows/xp.iso'
> > 
> > Looks like it's no longer skipping the PV install detection for HVM
> > guests. Am I missing something?
> 
> The -l / --location PATH|URL arg will do a kernel+initrd based install
> for either HVM or Paravirt - latest Xen support kernel+initrd boot
> of Linux HVM guests, as does KVM.

This is a regression over previous releases, where -l works for both.
(And that was a good fix, since people *always* accidentally use -l
instead of -c and get very confused. Can it be fixed?

regards
john