Re: Install on remote KVM?
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On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 6:37 AM, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 2018-08-12 at 00:25 +1200, Richard Hector wrote:
>> On 12/08/18 00:16, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> > On Sat, 2018-08-11 at 22:58 +1200, Richard Hector wrote:
>> > [...]
>> > > I'm mostly familiar with the netinst image, and it's what I generally
>> > > use to install on real hardware.
>> > >
>> > > I'm less familiar with netboot, but have used it for PXE installs (right?)
>> > >
>> > > What I'm missing is how I can use either of them on a remote KVM VPS,
>> > > where I get to see the boot process on some kind of remote console, and
>> > > I have the opportunity to provide a bootable ISO, but not much else.
>> > >
>> > > I've tried providing the netinst ISO, and it boots but can't find itself
>> > > for installing packages.
>> >
>> > OK, so you're only providing the netinst ISO? Somehow I got the
>> > impression that you were providing a separate initramfs. Sorry for the
>> > irrelevant answer.
>> >
>> > > Is that a matter of the appropriate storage drivers not being included,
>> > > or is it the way the VPS provider set up the virtual CD?
>> >
>> > It's both! libvirt can provide (through QEMU) an emulated CD drive
>> > attached to an Intel PATA controller, Intel SATA controller, LSI Logic
>> > SCSI controller or virtio SCSI controller. I've just verified that the
>> > installer works for all of the first three options, but not virtio.
>> >
>> > If there's an option to configure the CD drive to be attached through
>> > one of the other controllers, you should choose that. But we should
>> > also add virtio drivers to the standard installer initramfs.
>>
>> Great, thanks heaps for all that effort.
>>
>> I don't think there's (currently) a way to attach it differently (though
>> I could request that, and they well might do it - which might help
>> people who want to install other distros too).
>>
>> But in the meantime, can I tell the installer to download a different
>> initramfs which will work? Or does one of the other installer ISOs (ie
>> not the netinst ones) come with a suitable initramfs?
>
> I can see two options:
>
> - Rebuild the standard installer with virtio-modules included, and then
> rebuild the netinst ISO image
> - Build an ISO image from the netboot installer
>
> But neither of those are easy unless you're already familiar with the
> process.
>
> Ben.
>
UpCloud provide a similar interface to Virt-Manager when installing
your own OS. They address the issue being discussed here -- by
describing 'a trick' to install your own OS:
< https://www.upcloud.com/support/using-own-installation-media/ >
I can confirm it works as reported in
< https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=847230 >
Best Professional Regards.
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Jose R R
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