From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Huff Subject: Re: [KVM_AUTOTEST] unattended installs Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:30:38 -0400 Message-ID: <4A25A80E.9070404@redhat.com> References: <1243981484-6391-1-git-send-email-dhuff@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:44692 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751901AbZFBWbL (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:31:11 -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 n52MVEf9006168 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:31:14 -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 n52MVDEA031961 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:31:13 -0400 Received: from sunset.usersys.redhat.com (dhcp231-89.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.231.89]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n52MVCxE032704 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:31:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1243981484-6391-1-git-send-email-dhuff@redhat.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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...... > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html