virt-install fails to install Ubuntu ISO when it is located in an HTTP location
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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virtinst (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Andres Rodriguez |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: virtinst
virt-install is unable to install an instances when the location of the ISO or source of installation is HTTP. The following shows the error:
roaksoax@
ERROR Error creating cdrom disk: Could not find an installable distribution at 'http://
The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
When applying the proposed patch, the installation proceeds as expected:
sudo virt-install -n testing -r 512 --arch=i386 --vcpus=1 -l http://
[sudo] password for roaksoax:
Starting install...
Retrieving file version.info... | 114 B 00:00 ...
Retrieving file linux... | 8.6 MB 00:00 ...
Retrieving file initrd.gz... | 15 MB 00:00 ...
Creating domain... | 0 B 00:01
Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
the console to complete the installation process.
Related branches
Changed in virtinst (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
assignee: | nobody → Andres Rodriguez (andreserl) |
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in virtinst (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → New |
Thanks Andres, can you make sure this patch is offered upstream please? (might also want to suggest "detected an ubuntu distro" s/an/a/.
Thanks!