Re: [KVM_AUTOTEST] unattended installs

[David Huff <dhuff@redhat.com>]

David Huff wrote:
> 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 =.

typo: patches require:

[PATCH] [KVM_Autotest] Added functionality to the preprocessor to run
scripts

[PATCH] [KVM_Autotest] Fix to allow for "=" in the "value" of a config
parameter

> 
> 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......
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