Re: [CentOS-virt] using local media file to install guest

2011-10-30 Thread Eric Shubert
On 10/30/2011 05:16 PM, Charles Polisher wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 06:11:02PM -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: On 10/26/2011 04:56 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: Wrong. You're making this way more difficult than it is. Just set up your host as in the directions, and when you get to the point of

Re: [CentOS-virt] using local media file to install guest

2011-10-27 Thread Roeland Mertens
On 27/10/2011 06:10, Bob Hoffman wrote: I believe ya guys. However I could not install from a local source media (an iso) no matter what I did. The techs at dell put up some papers that specifically noted that using local media to install is not an ability that can be done with

Re: [CentOS-virt] using local media file to install guest

2011-10-26 Thread Bob Hoffman
eric wrote --- That's not my understanding. I watched someone else follow the procedure here: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-kvm-on-a-centos-6.0-server and I believe he started with the minimal installation on the host. - --- thought I missed

Re: [CentOS-virt] using local media file to install guest

2011-10-26 Thread Eric Shubert
On 10/26/2011 04:48 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: eric wrote - That's not my understanding. I watched someone else follow the procedure here: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-kvm-on-a-centos-6.0-server and I believe he started with the minimal installation on the

Re: [CentOS-virt] using local media file to install guest

2011-10-26 Thread Trey Dockendorf
You can do virt-manager remotely. Either connect to libvirt remotely through a locally running instance of virt-manager or via X11 forwarding. I do the 2nd method with no GUI installed on the server. See here for minimal packages needed...

Re: [CentOS-virt] using local media file to install guest

2011-10-26 Thread Eric Shubert
On 10/26/2011 04:56 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: eric wrote --- That's not my understanding. I watched someone else follow the procedure here: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-kvm-on-a-centos-6.0-server and I believe he started with the minimal installation on the

Re: [CentOS-virt] using local media file to install guest

2011-10-26 Thread Eric Shubert
On 10/26/2011 07:14 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: trey wrote -- You can do virt-manager remotely. Either connect to libvirt remotely through a locally running instance of virt-manager or via X11 forwarding. I do the 2nd method with no GUI installed on the server. See

Re: [CentOS-virt] using local media file to install guest

2011-10-26 Thread Trey Dockendorf
Eric is right. You can connect remotely without even installing virt-manager on the server. Only needs to have libvird running. I did a minimal install of CentOS 6 with the 4 virtual package groups. My system as no startx or run level 5. In my case I have to use X11 forwarding but that doesnt

Re: [CentOS-virt] using local media file to install guest

2011-10-26 Thread Bob Hoffman
Trey Dockendorf wrote -- Eric is right. You can connect remotely without even installing virt-manager on the server. Only needs to have libvird running. I did a minimal install of CentOS 6 with the 4 virtual package groups. My system as no startx or run level