# Creating an Oracle Linux VM Using virt-install **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Virtualization\ **Created:** [February 9, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604 "2013-02-09T03:10:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![epretorious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@epretorious](https://forums.suse.com/u/epretorious)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604/1 "2013-02-09T03:10:39Z")
I’ve copied the contents of the Oracle Linux 6.3 installation media to an directory that’s exported via NFS: [QUOTE]san2:~ # ls -1 /srv/md128/repositories/[COLOR="#FF0000"]oracle[/COLOR]/6.3/os/x86\_64/ EFI EULA eula.en\_US eula.py GPL HighAvailability images isolinux LoadBalancer media.repo Packages README-en README-en.html RELEASE-NOTES-en RELEASE-NOTES-en.html RELEASE-NOTES-x86\_64-en RELEASE-NOTES-x86\_64-en.html RELEASE-NOTES-x86-en RELEASE-NOTES-x86-en.html repodata ResilientStorage RPM-GPG-KEY RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle ScalableFileSystem Server supportinfo TRANS.TBL UEK2[/QUOTE] …and tried to use the directory to install an Oracle Linux VM with virt-install: ```auto xen2:~ # virt-install -p --name dns2 --ram 786 --disk /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e315f310000 --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/ --graphics none ``` …but virt-install complains: ` Starting install... ERROR Couldn't find xen kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tree.` This is a tried-and-true methodology: I use this method for installing CentOS & SuSE regularly: [QUOTE]san2:~ # ls -1 /srv/md128/repositories/[COLOR="#00FF00"]centos[/COLOR]/6.3/os/x86\_64/ CentOS\_BuildTag .discinfo EFI EULA GPL images isolinux Packages RELEASE-NOTES-en-US.html repodata RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Debug-6 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Security-6 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Testing-6 .treeinfo[/QUOTE] ```auto xen2:~ # virt-install -p --name dns2 --ram 786 --disk /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e315f310000 --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/centos/6.3/os/x86_64/ --graphics none ``` What is it that’s different about the Oracle Linux installation media that causes this failure? Is there a workaround? Eric Pretorious Truckee, CA ---
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**Author:** ![epretorious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@epretorious](https://forums.suse.com/u/epretorious)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604/3 "2013-02-15T00:28:56Z")
> [@epretorious;11703](#): > > I’ve copied the contents of the Oracle Linux 6.3 installation media to an directory that’s exported via NFS …and tried to use the directory to install an Oracle Linux VM with virt-install: …but virt-install complains:What is it that’s different about the Oracle Linux installation media that causes this failure? Is there a workaround? > [@](#): > > I sugget to debug the process to get more information. Does adding --debug to the virt-install command give you any more clues? Once more, with --debug: [code]xen2:~ # virt-install -p --name dns2 --ram 786 --disk /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e315f300000 --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/oracle/6.3/os/x86\_64/ --debug Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:20 DEBUG Launched with command line: /usr/bin/virt-install -p --name dns2 --ram 786 --disk /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e315f300000 --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/oracle/6.3/os/x86\_64/ --debug Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:20 DEBUG Requesting libvirt URI default Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Received libvirt URI xen:/// Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Requesting virt method ‘xen’, hv type ‘default’. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Received virt method ‘xen’ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Hypervisor name is ‘xen’ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG DISPLAY is not set: defaulting to nographics. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG --graphics compat generated: none Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG DistroInstaller location is a network source. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Preparing mount at /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.r5psf\_ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Attempting to detect distro: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG local hasFile: Couldn’t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.r5psf\_/.treeinfo Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG local hasFile: Couldn’t find /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.r5psf\_/Fedora Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Detected a RHEL 5 Server distro Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Cleaning up mount at /var/tmp/virtinstmnt.r5psf\_ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Guest.has\_install\_phase: True Starting install… Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG scratchdir=/var/lib/xen Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Preparing mount at /var/lib/xen/virtinstmnt.X0dm9e Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Attempting to detect distro: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG local hasFile: Couldn’t find /var/lib/xen/virtinstmnt.X0dm9e/.treeinfo Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG local hasFile: Couldn’t find /var/lib/xen/virtinstmnt.X0dm9e/Fedora Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Detected a RHEL 5 Server distro Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG local hasFile: Couldn’t find /var/lib/xen/virtinstmnt.X0dm9e/images/xen/vmlinuz Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Cleaning up mount at /var/lib/xen/virtinstmnt.X0dm9e Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 ERROR Couldn’t find xen kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tree. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:48:22 DEBUG Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/bin/virt-install”, line 633, in start\_install noboot=options.noreboot) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py”, line 1207, in start\_install self.\_prepare\_install(meter, dry) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py”, line 964, in \_prepare\_install meter=meter) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py”, line 429, in prepare dev = self.\_prepare\_kernel\_and\_initrd(guest, meter) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py”, line 368, in \_prepare\_kernel\_and\_initrd self.os\_type) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py”, line 158, in acquireKernel scratchdir, type) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py”, line 152, in \_acquireMedia None, media\_cb) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py”, line 133, in \_locationCheckWrapper return callback(store, fetcher) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py”, line 145, in media\_cb media = store.acquireKernel(guest, fetcher, progresscb) File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py”, line 276, in acquireKernel { “distro”: self.name, “type” : self.type }) RuntimeError: Couldn’t find xen kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tree.[/code] It appears that the last line provides the vital clue. i.e., The Oracle Linux 6.3 .iso is lacking a .treeinfo file. CentOS, however, includes a .treeinfo file for each of it’s installation .iso’s: `san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # find . -name .treeinfo ./5.7/os/i386/.treeinfo ./5.7/os/x86_64/.treeinfo ./5.8/os/i386/.treeinfo ./5.8/os/x86_64/.treeinfo ./5.9/os/i386/.treeinfo ./5.9/os/x86_64/.treeinfo ./6.0/os/x86_64/.treeinfo ./6.2/os/i386/.treeinfo ./6.2/os/x86_64/.treeinfo ./6.3/os/i386/.treeinfo ./6.3/os/x86_64/.treeinfo` The contents of .treeinfo seem fairly straight-forward: [CODE]san2:/srv/md128/repositories # cat ./centos/6.3/os/x86\_64/.treeinfo [general] family = CentOS timestamp = 1341569485.3 variant = totaldiscs = 1 version = 6.3 discnum = 1 packagedir = arch = x86\_64 [images-x86\_64] kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img boot.iso = …/…/isos/x86\_64/CentOS-6.3-x86\_64-netinstall.iso [images-xen] kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img [stage2] mainimage = images/install.img[/CODE] …so I started with the .treeinfo file for CentOS 6.3 and verified that it reflected the contents of the Oracle Linux 6.3 directory as well: [code]san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll ./6.3/os/x86\_64/ total 472 -rw-r–r–. 1 59999 59999 14 Jul 6 2012 CentOS\_BuildTag -rw-rw-r–. 1 59999 59999 33 Jul 6 2012 .discinfo drwxrwxr-x. 3 59999 59999 17 Jul 6 2012 EFI -rw-rw-r–. 1 59999 59999 212 Jun 23 2012 EULA -rw-rw-r–. 1 59999 59999 18009 Jun 23 2012 GPL drwxr-xr-x. 3 59999 59999 74 Jul 6 2012 images drwxr-xr-x. 2 59999 59999 4096 Jul 6 2012 isolinux drwxrwxr-x. 2 59999 59999 339968 Jul 5 2012 Packages -rw-rw-r–. 1 59999 59999 1354 Jun 23 2012 RELEASE-NOTES-en-US.html drwxr-xr-x. 2 59999 59999 4096 Jul 6 2012 repodata -rw-rw-r–. 1 59999 59999 1706 Jun 23 2012 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6 -rw-rw-r–. 1 59999 59999 1730 Jun 23 2012 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Debug-6 -rw-rw-r–. 1 59999 59999 1730 Jun 23 2012 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Security-6 -rw-rw-r–. 1 59999 59999 1734 Jun 23 2012 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Testing-6 -rw-rw-r–. 1 59999 59999 398 Jul 6 2012 .treeinfo san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll ./6.3/os/x86\_64/images/ total 168904 -rw-r–r–. 1 59999 59999 372736 Jul 6 2012 efiboot.img -rw-r–r–. 1 59999 59999 35997696 Jul 6 2012 efidisk.img -rw-r–r–. 1 59999 59999 136585216 Jul 6 2012 install.img drwxr-xr-x. 2 59999 59999 37 Jul 6 2012 pxeboot san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll ./6.3/os/x86\_64/images/pxeboot/ total 34756 -rw-r–r–. 1 59999 59999 31596586 Jul 6 2012 initrd.img -rwxr-xr-x. 1 59999 59999 3986608 Jul 6 2012 vmlinuz[/code] [code]san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll …/oracle/6.3/os/x86\_64/ total 504 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 33 Feb 8 18:09 EFI -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 7041 Feb 8 18:09 EULA -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 7041 Feb 8 18:09 eula.en\_US -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 3334 Feb 8 18:09 eula.py -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 18390 Feb 8 18:09 GPL drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 66 Feb 8 18:09 HighAvailability drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 103 Feb 8 18:09 images drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:09 isolinux drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 66 Feb 8 18:09 LoadBalancer -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 196 Feb 8 18:09 media.repo drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 188416 Feb 8 18:10 Packages -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 2619 Feb 8 18:10 README-en -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 7054 Feb 8 18:10 README-en.html -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 29531 Feb 8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-en -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 32428 Feb 8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-en.html -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 29531 Feb 8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-x86\_64-en -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 32428 Feb 8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-x86\_64-en.html -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 29531 Feb 8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-x86-en -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 32428 Feb 8 18:10 RELEASE-NOTES-x86-en.html lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 8 18:10 repodata → Server/repodata drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 66 Feb 8 18:10 ResilientStorage -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 1011 Feb 8 18:10 RPM-GPG-KEY -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 1011 Feb 8 18:10 RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 66 Feb 8 18:10 ScalableFileSystem drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 87 Feb 8 18:10 Server -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 108 Feb 8 18:10 supportinfo -r–r–r-- 1 root root 6517 Feb 8 18:10 TRANS.TBL drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 66 Feb 8 18:10 UEK2 san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll …/oracle/6.3/os/x86\_64/images/ total 167692 -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 376832 Feb 8 18:09 efiboot.img -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 34924544 Feb 8 18:09 efidisk.img -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 136404992 Feb 8 18:09 install.img drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 53 Feb 8 18:09 pxeboot -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 541 Feb 8 18:09 README -r–r–r-- 1 root root 1106 Feb 8 18:09 TRANS.TBL san2:/srv/md128/repositories/centos # ll …/oracle/6.3/os/x86\_64/images/pxeboot/ total 33668 -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 30481341 Feb 8 18:09 initrd.img -r–r–r-- 1 root root 441 Feb 8 18:09 TRANS.TBL -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3986992 Feb 8 18:09 vmlinuz[/code] …and then I used the CentOS 6.3 .treeinfo file _verbatim_ to guide virt-install through the process of creating an Oracle 6.3 PV: 🙂 ```auto san2:/srv/md128/repositories # cp ./centos/6.3/os/x86_64/.treeinfo ./oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/ ``` Problem solved! 😃 Eric Pretorious Truckee, CA ---
**Author:** ![epretorious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@epretorious](https://forums.suse.com/u/epretorious)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604/4 "2013-02-15T03:13:10Z")
Someone else has pointed out that the OL 6.3 ISO does contain a .treeinfo file. (They are correct. Somehow, the .itreeinfo file was deleted from the repository that I was using.) [CODE]san2:/srv/md128/repositories # cat /mnt/.treeinfo [general] family = Oracle Linux Server timestamp = 1340764248.23 variant = Server totaldiscs = 1 version = 6.3 discnum = 1 packagedir = Packages variants = Server arch = x86\_64 [images-x86\_64] kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img [images-xen] kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img [stage2] mainimage = images/install.img [variant-Server] addons = ResilientStorage,HighAvailability,ScalableFileSystem,LoadBalancer repository = Server/repodata identity = Server/Server.cert [addon-ResilientStorage] repository = ResilientStorage name = Resilient Storage identity = ResilientStorage/ResilientStorage.cert [addon-HighAvailability] repository = HighAvailability name = High Availability identity = HighAvailability/HighAvailability.cert [addon-ScalableFileSystem] repository = ScalableFileSystem name = Scalable Filesystem Support identity = ScalableFileSystem/ScalableFileSystem.cert [addon-LoadBalancer] repository = LoadBalancer name = Load Balancer identity = LoadBalancer/LoadBalancer.cert [checksums] images/install.img = sha256:c6f84bc868e82c07120c336cede9b01aa4a864ec6ccab782fc24a84683129703 images/pxeboot/vmlinuz = sha256:d2e268237355e41b3a681ace31ece1b68803b820bb199f1480f23b11010639f3 images/pxeboot/initrd.img = sha256:ac7a33c8c9b4b7024a198bd46be9be2e36b140c75d55f981000ba462c9b7f4e1 images/efiboot.img = sha256:7f6ae7f0b8fed11c5f26c9f836f51e532afa2b8af8986d9c98c9be2c981f0672 images/efidisk.img = sha256:a887c209392c6a453002a52e91b07b63a2c27c3d2be4fa46f1f3d92b425db993[/CODE] However, when I use the .treeinfo file included in the ISO by Oracle (above), virt-install complains… `xen2:~ # virt-install -p --name oracle3 --ram 786 --disk /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e325f310000 --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/ --debug Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:10 DEBUG Launched with command line: /usr/bin/virt-install -p --name oracle3 --ram 786 --disk /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e325f310000 --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/ --debug Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:10 DEBUG Requesting libvirt URI default Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Received libvirt URI xen:/// Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Requesting virt method 'xen', hv type 'default'. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Received virt method 'xen' Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Hypervisor name is 'xen' Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG DISPLAY is not set: defaulting to nographics. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG --graphics compat generated: none Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG DistroInstaller location is a network source. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Preparing mount at /var/tmp/virtinstmnt._8jiS6 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Attempting to detect distro: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Fetching URI: /var/tmp/virtinstmnt._8jiS6/.treeinfo Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Saved file to /var/tmp/virtinst-.treeinfo._jiClZ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Cleaning up mount at /var/tmp/virtinstmnt._8jiS6 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 ERROR No option 'boot.iso' in section: 'images-x86_64' Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:13 DEBUG Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 1008, in sys.exit(main()) File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 993, in main guest = build_guest_instance(conn, options) File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 530, in build_guest_instance get_install_media(guest, options.location, options.cdrom, need_install) File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 304, in get_install_media validate_install_media(guest, location, cdpath, cdinstall) File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 341, in validate_install_media guest.installer.check_location() File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 440, in check_location OSDistro.detectMediaDistro(location=self.location, arch=self.arch) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 185, in detectMediaDistro _type, arch, media_cb) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 131, in _locationCheckWrapper arch=arch) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 68, in _storeForDistro arch, typ, scratchdir) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 224, in distroFromTreeinfo ob.isValidStore(fetcher, progresscb) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 426, in isValidStore self._valid_iso_path = self.treeinfo.get(isoSection, "boot.iso") File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 540, in get raise NoOptionError(option, section) NoOptionError: No option 'boot.iso' in section: 'images-x86_64'` I’m not sure what to make of this error, though. Thoughts? Suggestions? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![epretorious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@epretorious](https://forums.suse.com/u/epretorious)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604/5 "2013-02-15T03:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=epretorious;11886]Someone else has pointed out that the OL 6.3 ISO does contain a .treeinfo file. (They are correct. Somehow, the .itreeinfo file was deleted from the repository that I was using.)… However, when I use the .treeinfo file included in the ISO by Oracle (above), virt-install complains… `xen2:~ # virt-install -p --name oracle3 --ram 786 --disk /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14945540000000000705f69534353492d73616e325f310000 --location nfs://192.168.0.2/srv/md128/repositories/oracle/6.3/os/x86_64/ --debug ... NoOptionError: No option 'boot.iso' in section: 'images-x86_64'`[/QUOTE] Comparing the two .treeinfo files, I can see the difference: The CentOS 6.3 .treeinfo file contains a line that references “boot.iso”: [CODE]san2:/srv/md128/repositories # cat centos/6.3/os/x86\_64/.treeinfo [general] family = CentOS timestamp = 1341569485.3 variant = totaldiscs = 1 version = 6.3 discnum = 1 packagedir = arch = x86\_64 [images-x86\_64] kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img boot.iso = …/…/isos/x86\_64/CentOS-6.3-x86\_64-netinstall.iso [images-xen] kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img [stage2] mainimage = images/install.img[/CODE] If I add that exact same line to the Oracle Linux 6.3 .treeinfo file, the installation completes successfully (just as when I used the unmodified CentOS 6.3 .treeinfo). Thoughts, anyone? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Jens-U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604/6 "2013-02-18T20:07:18Z")
Hi epretorious, > Thoughts, anyone? 😕 Yes - if it works: great! And thank your for reporting back 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![epretorious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@epretorious](https://forums.suse.com/u/epretorious)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604/7 "2013-02-27T01:17:06Z")
[QUOTE=jmozdzen;11968]Hi epretorious, > Thoughts, anyone? 😕 Yes - if it works: great! And thank your for reporting back :)[/QUOTE] Thanks, J: I meant analytical thinking – Something that might explain why this is happening. :rolleyes: Eric Pretorious Truckee, CA ---
**Author:** ![Jens-U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604/8 "2013-02-27T19:11:45Z")
Hi Eric, it sounds as if you didn’t catch my humor, I’m sorry for that and didn’t want to offend you. Your analysis already seemed to sum up to “there’s a line missing in the Oracle version of the file”, my reaction to it was “hey great: he found out what was wrong and fixed it!”. And I especially wanted to thank you for sharing the result, as others facing the same problem now will have a chance of profiting from it. > Something that might explain why this is happening. :rolleyes: As you most likely have seen in the output posted by you, there’s an error message ```auto ERROR No option 'boot.iso' in section: 'images-x86_64' ``` Sounds to me like the loader doesn’t take kernel &initrd from that section, but rather requires a bootable ISO. (And don’t ask me _why_ - I simply don’t know. I’ve been digging through that python code several times chasing other bugs, but not _that_ specific area.) Regards, Jens ---
**Author:** ![epretorious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@epretorious](https://forums.suse.com/u/epretorious)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604/9 "2013-02-27T21:52:32Z")
> [@jmozdzen;12143](#): > > it sounds as if you didn’t catch my humor, I’m sorry for that and didn’t want to offend you. No offense taken, Jens. I was just being grumpy. 😛 [QUOTE=jmozdzen;12143]As you most likely have seen in the output posted by you, there’s an error message ```auto ERROR No option 'boot.iso' in section: 'images-x86_64' ``` Sounds to me like the loader doesn’t take kernel &initrd from that section, but rather requires a bootable ISO. (And don’t ask me _why_ - I simply don’t know. I’ve been digging through that python code several times chasing other bugs, but not _that_ specific area.)[/QUOTE] Yeah, I wasn’t very clear about my intent there: > [@epretorious](#): > > If I add that exact same line to the Oracle Linux 6.3 .treeinfo file, the installation completes successfully (just as when I used the unmodified CentOS 6.3 .treeinfo). What I was trying to convey was that: [LIST] [_][COLOR=“#FF0000”]the boot.iso option is required but the actual contents of the boot.iso option are completely discarded[/COLOR], and [_]this might qualify as a bug but I wanted confirmation of that and maybe some guidance on how/whether to address the potential bug.[/LIST] What do you recommend, Jens. Should I submit a bug report? If so, how do I go about submitting a bug report? Eric Pretorious Truckee, CA ---
**Author:** ![Jens-U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-an-oracle-linux-vm-using-virt-install/23604/10 "2013-02-27T22:41:24Z")
Hi Eric, [QUOTE=epretorious;12147]No offense taken, Jens. I was just being grumpy. 😛 Yeah, I wasn’t very clear about my intent there: What I was trying to convey was that: [LIST] [_][COLOR=#FF0000]the boot.iso option is required but the actual contents of the boot.iso option are completely discarded[/COLOR], and [_]this might qualify as a bug but I wanted confirmation of that and maybe some guidance on how/whether to address the potential bug. [/LIST] What do you recommend, Jens. Should I submit a bug report? If so, how do I go about submitting a bug report? Eric Pretorious Truckee, CA[/QUOTE] I found the following comment in /usr/lib64/python/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py: ```auto # Xen needs a boot.iso if its a http://, ftp://, or nfs: url ``` So I doubt this is a bug, but rather by design/implementation. And are you sure it is not actually used? I’d assume that it _is_ used, to create a run-time environment for the installer. But others with more in-depth knowledge would have to comment on this. AFAICT, this code is actually very distro-specific (concerning the distro to be installed) and most probably the included version has not yet created the code to support Oracle’s “distro” yet. virt-install is part of the virt-manager stuff from [http://virt-manager.org](http://virt-manager.org), maybe their mailing list can help to check for the current upstream support status. If newer upstream code supports Oracle VMs, it might be helpful to file a bug to let SuSE know about this issue and probably include an update in a later SP or fix. Regards, Jens