From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Huff Subject: [KVM_AUTOTEST] unattended installs Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:24:42 -0400 Message-ID: <1243981484-6391-1-git-send-email-dhuff@redhat.com> To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:56657 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755290AbZFBWZR (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:25:17 -0400 Received: from int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (int-mx2.corp.redhat.com [172.16.27.26]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n52MPJ3k004796 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:25:19 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n52MPJAc030781 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:25:19 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (dhcp231-89.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.231.89]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n52MPIJV032005 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:25:18 -0400 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Ok, I am sending out the first pass at the unattended install scripts. I have tested with both Linux and Windows guests and everything seems ok. I have been hitting a couple issues and I am sure there are more that need to be resolved however I wanted some initial feedback... Requires the processor patch as well as the patch to "strip and split" to allow extra =. Windows guests will automatically pick up a .sif file on the "floppy disk" while linux guest require pxe to pass in the kernel parameter "ks=floppy" to force an unattended install. This also allows for pxe to pass in additional kernel parameters specified in the config file. I had some issues getting the guest to read a vvfat floppy passed to the guest via qemu option "-fda fat:floppy:rw:./floppy" it would pass the dir as a vfat disk and the guest could mount it, however guest could not read the files on the vdisk......