Hello, So I got around to install CentOS 5 on one of our servers and even managed to install Windows Vista as a guest on by exporting a directory with the DVD ISO file over NFS.
But now I need to install a couple of CentOS 5 guests and get into trouble exporting it over NFS. Now - first thing first - it appears that the CentOS 5 virt-manager GUI utility expects to access the CONTENT of the ISO image, so just exporting the ISO file itself isn't enough - I loop-mounted it under /mnt/tmp and then exported /mnt/tmp. There be dragons - it just doesn't work. Things I tried: 1. exporting and mounting the directory without loop-mounting on it works. 2. exporting and mounting a sibling directory while /mnt/tmp has the image mounted on it also works. I suspect that somehow NFS doesn't like to export the directory BECAUSE it's also a mount point. I tried the usual export options: nohide, crossmnt, no_subtree_check. I also tried exporting /mnt but it still doesn't help. The ISO image is hosted on Debian Etch. The /var/log/daemon.log on the exporting host says the following when a mount is attempted: Nov 23 18:06:43 xen01 mountd[26990]: authenticated mount request from a.b.c.d:869 for /root/iso/ (/root/iso) But still on the client side (I tested most of the time using command-line "mount") it says "Permission denied". I mount the loop device read-only, and also try to mount it read-only over NFS. Questions: 1. What does virt-manager expect to be under the nfs:server:/directory I give it? Does it expect this to be the root of the content of the DVD image? 2. How can I make it work, short of copying the entire content of the DVD onto a regular file system? Thanks, --Amos ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
