Installing Kali Linux using KVM virt-install tool
Kaushal Shriyan
kaushalshriyan at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 11:35:48 UTC 2020
On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 1:10 PM Erik Skultety <eskultet at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 10:13:57PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan 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
>
> Hi,
> ^this URL you provided already expired, consider using longer time periods
> for pastebin services when posting to a mailing list.
>
> >
> > #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
>
> There's over 500 Linux distros out there with the vast majority being just
> derivatives of the major distributions, so it requires someone who cares
> about
> a specific distro to contribute the required changes to libosinfo and
> commit to
> maintaining it to keep the information up to date.
>
> > 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
>
> For any practical purposes, Debian 10 should do just fine in terms of
> pulling
> the recommended VM settings from osinfo-db as Kali is derived from Debian.
>
> Regards,
> Erik
>
>
Hi Erik,
Thanks Erik for the reply. I am running
#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 --accelerate --hvm --connect qemu:///system --cdrom
/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso --name kalilinux
--ram 4096 --disk path=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img,size=50
--os-variant debian9 --graphics none --os-type linux
--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 have pasted the output of the below command in http://sprunge.us/IdsF8Y
#isoinfo -J -i kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
I am not sure if I understand about --location
kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso,kernel=kernel/*?*,initrd=kernel/*?* as
per the pastebin http://sprunge.us/IdsF8Y
Any help will be highly appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you.
Please let me know if you need any additional details. Thanks in Advance.
Best Regards,
Kaushal
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