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virt-Install reports Could not find an installable distribution at '/images/ubuntu-16.04-server-ppc64el.iso'

Bug #1589690 reported by Hal
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Bug Description

virt-install --debug \
--name=guest1-ubuntu1604 \
--controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
--graphics none \
--console pty,target_type=serial \
--disk pool=virtimages,size=20 \
--vcpus=2 \
--ram=2048 \
--os-type=linux \
--os-variant ubuntu16.04 \
--network bridge=vlan91 \
--location=/images/ubuntu-16.04-server-ppc64el.iso \
--boot cdrom,hd,network,menu=on,kernel_args="console=/dev/ttyS0" \
-x "console=ttyS0"

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[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (guest:241) Setting Guest.os_variant to 'ubuntu16.04'
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (virt-install:731) Guest.has_install_phase: True

Starting install...
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:56) Using scratchdir=/var/lib/libvirt/boot
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:296) Preparing mount at /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:306) mount cmd: ['/bin/mount', '-o', 'ro,loop', '/images/ubuntu-16.04-server-ppc64el.iso', '/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_']
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:463) Finding distro store for location=/images/ubuntu-16.04-server-ppc64el.iso
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:485) Prioritizing distro store=<class 'virtinst.urlfetcher.UbuntuDistro'>
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/current/images/MANIFEST
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/install/netboot/version.info
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/Fedora
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/current/images/MANIFEST
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/daily/MANIFEST
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/SL
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/CentOS
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:00 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/VERSION
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:89) Fetching URI: /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/.disk/info
Retrieving file info... | 69 B 00:00:00
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:1220) Regex didn't match, not a ALT Linux distro
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/Server
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/Client
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/RedHat
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/images/boot.iso
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/boot/boot.iso
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_/install/images/boot.iso
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (urlfetcher:320) Cleaning up mount at /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.zm3EL_
[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] DEBUG (cli:305) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-install", line 1063, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-install", line 1057, in main
    start_install(guest, continue_inst, options)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-install", line 768, in start_install
    fail(e, do_exit=False)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/cli.py", line 305, in fail
    logging.debug("".join(traceback.format_stack()))

[Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:47:01 virt-install 6438] ERROR (cli:306) Could not find an installable distribution at '/images/ubuntu-16.04-server-ppc64el.iso'

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Douglas Sikora (doug-s1k0ra) wrote :
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Mark Brown (mstevenbrown) wrote :

From Canonical internal support team:
After a bit of investigating (including my own trial and error) I believe this is working as intended. I think the key take away here is we need to define the purpose of the '--location' option.

"Distribution tree installation source" <--

You'll notice in the debug information that after mounting the iso it's trying to reach a MANIFEST, which it's not going to find in the directory structure of the .iso... but it will find via a proper distribution tree.

[Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:59:06 virt-install 22411] DEBUG (urlfetcher:306) mount cmd: ['/bin/mount', '-o', 'ro,loop', '/media/external/passport/iso/trusty-server-amd64.iso', '/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.hgKkVy']
[Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:59:06 virt-install 22411] DEBUG (urlfetcher:463) Finding distro store for location=/media/external/passport/iso/trusty-server-amd64.iso
[Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:59:06 virt-install 22411] DEBUG (urlfetcher:485) Prioritizing distro store=<class 'virtinst.urlfetcher.UbuntuDistro'>
[Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:59:06 virt-install 22411] DEBUG (urlfetcher:268) local hasFile: Couldn't find /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinstmnt.hgKkVy/current/images/MANIFEST

Now, with that information handy I was able to get your configuration to work two different ways.

1. By dropping the kernel arguments and options, and changing '--location' to '--cdrom' You don't have access to pass arguments to the the kernel/initrd via the install ISO. (AFAIK)

2. You could keep your configuration as is, and change --location to http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/installer-amd64/

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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote :

This bug seems mis-targetted. Did you mean to file this against virt-manager rather than the GNOME Do launcher thingy?

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Hal (hal-a) wrote :

We found the issue it had to do with baremetal install of ubuntu on POWER8 requiring SMT to be disabled

sudo ppc64_cpu --smt=off

Also change location back to --cdrom

virt-install --debug \
--name=guest100-ubuntu1604 \
--controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
--graphics none \
--console pty,target_type=serial \
--disk pool=virtimages,size=20 \
--vcpus=2 \
--ram=2048 \
--os-type=linux \
--os-variant ubuntu16.04 \
--network bridge=MarkIII_vlan91 \
--cdrom=/images/ubuntu-16.04-server-ppc64el.iso

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status: New → Invalid
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