On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Niyazi Elvan <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's before network configuration step. Well, I think I will try
> installation in Virtualbox using qcow image and import it in to kvm.
> Because dealing with binary installation is a real p.i.t.a. no clear
> documentation at all or am I missing something ?
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:11 PM, W Stacy Lockwood <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Niyazi Elvan <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for the quick response. Did you have any error regarding apt ?
>>> On KVM I also choose IDE and it starts installation and after a while,
>>> installer complains about that it can not find some .deb packages. :(
>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:02 PM, W Stacy Lockwood <[email protected]
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Niyazi Elvan <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I am trying to install openvas using the iso file at
>>>>> http://dl.greenbone.net/download/VM/gsm_ce_4.0.5.iso
>>>>> In VirtualBox everything is ok but on Vmware ESX or KVM, installer
>>>>> complains about disk device.
>>>>> Is there a special procedure for Vmware or KVM ?
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Niyazi Elvan
>>>>>
>>>> I just did this yesterday with KVM. The configuration I used that
>>>> worked was to select IDE and qcow2 image. I then manually set up the disk
>>>> file myself and converted it from .img to .qcow2 and deleted and readded
>>>> the drive. Problem solved. The script that installs from the iso assumes
>>>> /dev/sda for a disk - if you use the type of disk that instead gives you
>>>> /dev/vda, it fails. I hope that's something they'll fix in a future
>>>> release, but that was how I was able to get around it. I didn't need the
>>>> OVA file at all.
>>>> --
>>>> W. Stacy Lockwood III
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Niyazi Elvan
>>>
>> I did not have that problem at all, my install went smoothly from that
>> point forward, sorry. But, that sounds like a network issue to me.
>> --
>> W. Stacy Lockwood III
>>
> --
> Niyazi Elvan
>

Why not just make a qcow2 disk and do the install straight in KVM? That's
what I did, and it worked perfectly. Did you check the MD5 of the iso? Was
it perhaps damaged in some way?

--
W. Stacy Lockwood III
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