Installing Kali Linux using KVM virt-install tool

[Kaushal Shriyan]

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 10:13 PM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 1:32 PM Pavel Hrdina <phrdina at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 06:57:11AM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am trying to install kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso (
>> > https://www.kali.org/downloads/) using KVM virt-install tool
>> >
>> > #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
>> > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
>> > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
>> > --location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
>> > --extra-args="console=ttyS0
>> >
>> > Starting install...
>> > Retrieving file .treeinfo...
>> >
>> >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
>> > Retrieving file content...
>> >
>> >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
>> > Retrieving file info...
>> >
>> >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
>> > Retrieving file info...
>> >
>> >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
>> > Retrieving file info...
>> >
>> >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
>> > ERROR    Could not find an installable distribution at
>> > '/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso': The URL
>> could
>> > not be accessed, maybe you mistyped?
>> >
>> > The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
>> > See virt-install man page for various distro examples.
>> > Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
>> > If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
>> >   virsh --connect qemu:///system start kalilinux
>> > otherwise, please restart your installation.
>> >
>> >
>> > #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
>> > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
>> > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
>> > --cdrom=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
>> > --extra-args="console=ttyS0"
>> > ERROR    --extra-args only work if specified with --location. See the
>> man
>> > page for examples of using --location with CDROM media
>> >
>> > I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for* --os-variant=
>> * When
>> > I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything.
>> > Any help will be highly appreciated and I look forward to hearing from
>> you.
>> > Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Using --location with ISO image requires specific file to be available
>> in the ISO image where virt-install can look to figure out path to linux
>> kernel and initrd otherwise it is not able to use --location and
>> --extra-args as well.
>>
>> If you look into virt-install man page in the section for --location you
>> can find this example:
>>
>>     Additionally, --location can take 'kernel' and 'initrd' sub options.
>>     These paths relative to the specified location URL/ISO that allow
>>     selecting specific files for kernel/initrd within the install tree.
>>     This can be useful if virt-install/ libosinfo doesn't know where to
>>     find the kernel in the specified --location.
>>
>>     For example, if you have an ISO that libosinfo doesn't know about
>>     called my-unknown.iso, with a kernel at 'kernel/fookernel' and
>>     initrd at 'kernel/fooinitrd', you can make this work with:
>>
>>         --location
>> my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd
>>
>>
>> You can use isoinfo to get the content of your ISO image:
>>
>>     isoinfo -J -i /path/to/your.iso -f
>>
>> and use the --location with kernel and initrd parameters which will make
>> it work and --extra-args will work as well.
>>
>> Pavel
>>
>
> Hi Pavel,
>
> Thanks for your email and much appreciated. I have pasted the output here
> https://paste.centos.org/view/89952d91
>
> #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
> --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> --location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> --extra-args="console=ttyS0
>
> --location my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd
>
> --location
> kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso,kernel=kernel/?,initrd=kernel/?
>
> I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for* --os-variant=  * When
> I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything. What should
> be the value for --os-variant= as i want to install
> kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso (https://www.kali.org/downloads/)
> using KVM virt-install tool
>
> Thanks once again and I look forward to hearing from you.
> Best Regards,
>
> Kaushal
>

Hi Pavel,

I will appreciate it if you can have a look at my earlier email to this
mailing list and I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in Advance.

Best Regards,

Kaushal
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