Please let me add that the directory structure of the daily-live installation kernel and initrd should be compatible to "virt-install --location"'s distribution tree installations.
Some snippets form the man page:
-l, --location OPTIONS Distribution tree installation source. virt-install can recognize
certain distribution trees and fetches a bootable kernel/initrd
pair to launch the install.
...
Some distro specific url samples:
...
Debian https://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/
Ubuntu https://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/installer-amd64/
Please notice that using --cdrom is not a valid alternative to --location, since --extra-args for kernel arguments is only supported in combination with --location.
With a proper location and layout for the daily-live installer artifacts virt-install could be made operational again, which is highly desirable, since it's a popular tool used by partners and customers (even if it's in universe).
And almost all other distros support it too (see man page), so we should not fall behind ...
Please let me add that the directory structure of the daily-live installation kernel and initrd should be compatible to "virt-install --location"'s distribution tree installations.
Distributio n tree installation source. virt-install can recognize /ftp.us. debian. org/debian/ dists/stable/ main/installer- amd64/ /us.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ dists/wily/ main/installer- amd64/
Some snippets form the man page:
-l, --location OPTIONS
certain distribution trees and fetches a bootable kernel/initrd
pair to launch the install.
...
Some distro specific url samples:
...
Debian
https:/
Ubuntu
https:/
Please notice that using --cdrom is not a valid alternative to --location, since --extra-args for kernel arguments is only supported in combination with --location.
With the change of the URL from: archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ dists/focal/ main/installer- amd64/current/ images/ archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ dists/focal/ main/installer- amd64/current/ legacy- images/
http://
to
http://
virt-install is currently broken on Ubuntu (for all architectures), since virt-install looks for .../images/
(see also LP 1872941)
With a proper location and layout for the daily-live installer artifacts virt-install could be made operational again, which is highly desirable, since it's a popular tool used by partners and customers (even if it's in universe).
And almost all other distros support it too (see man page), so we should not fall behind ...