John, To get http install done, I just installed Apache on OSOL :-
pkg install SUNWapch22 svccfg -v import /var/svc/manifest/network/http-apache22.xml svcadm enable svc:/network/http:apache22 mkdir /var/apache2/2.2/htdocs/f11 lofiadm -a /export/home/boris/f11.iso mount -o ro -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /var/apache2/2.2/htdocs/f11 Then run with no problems:- r...@opensolaris:~# virt-install --paravirt --name F11PV --ram 1024 --vnc \ > --os-type=linux --os-variant=fedora11 --network bridge \ > --disk path=/tunk02/disk1,size=15,driver=phy,subdriver=zvol \ > --location http://192.168.1.36/f11 --debug Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Using libvirt URI 'xen' Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Requesting virt method 'xen' Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Received virt method 'xen' Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Hypervisor name is 'xen' Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG parse_disk: returning ('/tunk02/disk1', None, None, 'disk', None, False, False, 15.0, True, None, 'phy', 'zvol', None) Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Detected storage as type 'block' Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Could not open "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard" [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/sysconfig/keyboard' Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Could not open "/etc/X11/xorg.conf": [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Did not parse any usable keymapping. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG DistroInstaller location is a network source. Starting install... Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Attempting to detect distro: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Fetching URI: http://192.168.1.36/f11/.treeinfo Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Saved file to /var/tmp/virtinst-.treeinfo.NkwzdD Retrieving file .treeinfo 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Fetching URI: http://192.168.1.36/f11/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Saved file to /var/tmp/virtinst-vmlinuz.SgVnjH Retrieving file vmlinuz.. 100% |=========================| 3.0 MB 00:00 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Fetching URI: http://192.168.1.36/f11/images/pxeboot/initrd.img Retrieving file initrd.im 81% |==================== | 15 MB 00:00 ETA Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Saved file to /var/tmp/virtinst-initrd.img.SsFNh8 Retrieving file initrd.im 100% |=========================| 19 MB 00:00 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:21 DEBUG Creating guest from: <domain type='xen'> <name>F11PV</name> <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory> <memory>1048576</memory> <uuid>1131514b-87fa-016a-2028-83493f0aba5a</uuid> <os> <type arch='i686'>linux</type> <kernel>/var/tmp/virtinst-vmlinuz.SgVnjH</kernel> <initrd>/var/tmp/virtinst-initrd.img.SsFNh8</initrd> <cmdline>method=http://192.168.1.36/f11</cmdline> </os> <clock offset="utc"/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <distro> <type>linux</type> <variant>fedora11</variant> </distro> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <devices> <disk type='block' device='disk'> <driver name='phy' type='zvol'/> <source dev='/tunk02/disk1'/> <target dev='xvda' bus='xen'/> </disk> <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='rge0'/> <mac address='00:16:36:6b:57:c5'/> </interface> <input type='mouse' bus='xen'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' keymap='en-us'/> </devices> </domain> Creating domain... 0 B 00:01 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:23 DEBUG Created guest, looking to see if it is running Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:23 DEBUG Launching console callback Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:23 DEBUG VNC Port: 5900; VNC host: localhost VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.3 for X - built Sep 16 2009 15:38:53 Copyright (C) 2002-2008 RealVNC Ltd. See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. Tue Oct 6 13:28:23 2009 CConn: connected to host localhost port 5900 CConnection: Server supports RFB protocol version 3.8 CConnection: Using RFB protocol version 3.8 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:23 DEBUG Saving XML boot config: <domain type='xen'> <name>F11PV</name> <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory> <memory>1048576</memory> <uuid>1131514b-87fa-016a-2028-83493f0aba5a</uuid> <bootloader>/usr/lib/xen/bin/pygrub</bootloader> <clock offset="utc"/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <distro> <type>linux</type> <variant>fedora11</variant> </distro> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <devices> <disk type='block' device='disk'> <driver name='phy' type='zvol'/> <source dev='/tunk02/disk1'/> <target dev='xvda' bus='xen'/> </disk> <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='rge0'/> <mac address='00:16:36:6b:57:c5'/> </interface> <input type='mouse' bus='xen'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' keymap='en-us'/> </devices> </domain> TXImage: Using default colormap and visual, TrueColor, depth 24. CConn: Using pixel format depth 6 (8bpp) rgb222 CConn: Using ZRLE encoding CConn: Throughput 20000 kbit/s - changing to hextile encoding CConn: Throughput 20000 kbit/s - changing to full colour CConn: Using pixel format depth 24 (32bpp) little-endian rgb888 CConn: Using hextile encoding Tue Oct 6 13:31:17 2009 CConn: Throughput 20000 kbit/s - changing to raw encoding CConn: Using raw encoding VNC installer comes up and creates F11 DomU -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list xen-discuss@opensolaris.org