uvt from vmtools does the following (in essence): 1. creates a custom iso with preseed files, which among other things, drops a script into the VM that is run 2. uses that iso with virt-install. Eg: /usr/bin/virt-install --quiet --connect=qemu:///system --name=test1-oneiric-amd64 --arch=x86_64 --ram=768 --disk=path=/home/jamie/vms/machines/test1-oneiric-amd64.qcow2,size=8,format=qcow2,sparse=true,bus=virtio --virt-type=kvm --accelerate --hvm --cdrom=/home/jamie/vms/isos/cache/vmtools-oneiric-desktop-amd64.iso --os-type=linux --os-variant=generic26 --graphics=vnc --network=network=default,model=virtio --video=cirrus --noreboot 3. On VM reboot, the customization script referenced in step 1 is run automatically and upon successful completion, removed 4. The VM is polled for lsb_release over ssh. Upon successful response, the machine is shutdown 5. A pristine snapshot is created using libvirt's 'shapshot' functionality
The installation failure occurs in step '2' during virt-install. Ubiquity shows an error that halts installation, which allows me to submit a bug report via apport (which I did for this report). I gracefully shutdown the machine after submitting the report and saved the qcow2. Later I used qemu-img to create a raw image, then used kpartx/mount to examine the contents which revealed what I said in comments #2 and #3. Since yesterday, I created 16 more oneiric installs successfully, for a total of 25 successful installs and no failures with qemu-kvm from 12.04. ** Tags added: rls-q-incoming -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040033 Title: Fresh VM installs via preseeded oneiric isos sometimes fail with filesystem issues To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/1040033/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
