[libvirt-users] KVM Virtualisation, Console output no longer working

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:06:27PM -0000, tony at specialistdevelopment.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I used to use KVM for virtualisation and have now moved back to it, but I
> have a problem.
> 
> When i used to install the guest machine with virt-install i used to use
> the -x "extra args" part to set the console for the install and guest, but
> it no longer works.
> 
> Here is the command i use:
> 
> virt-install -n server01 -r 512 --os-variant=virtio26 -c /isos/c5u5.iso
> --nographics --noautoconsole -f /storage/vm/server01 -s 5 bus=virtio -w
> bridge:br0 -x "console=ttyS0 ks=http://www.domain.com/c5u5.cfg"
> As you can see im setting the console to ttyS0, but then when i go to
> connect to the console with:

You are doing a CDROM based install. The kernel args for that are set
in the syslinux config file inside the ISO image and can't be overriden
using -x. The -x arg only works when doing a kernel+initrd install
(ie --location instead of --cdrom/-c)

Daniel