Hello there (Greenhorn here),
I have a server with Ubuntu 18.04.1 server running on the bare metal. I am attempting to get a VM spun up using virt-install. This works with 14.04 and 16.04, but I get a complete failure attempting to use 18.04 or 18.10. My install is fully updated. I am trying to run some Alpha version software, thus the need for a VM, and it happens to require version 18 (so I am told).
ziggidy@zeus:~/ISOs$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
ziggidy@zeus:~/ISOs$
Here is the syntax I use to spin up the VMs. I have 2 VMs running 14.04 with zero issues for a couple months,so those are good. I am not sure what the error is, but I have run wget to get the version 18 ISOs a few times direct from Ubuntu, not sure if it is the ISO that is the issue or not.
Issue with 18.04
ziggidy@zeus:~/ISOs$ sudo virt-install \
> --name Hermes \
> --description "Bedrock Minecraft VM" \
> --os-type=Linux \
> --os-variant=ubuntu18.04 \
> --ram=2048 \
> --vcpus=2 \
> --disk path=/home/ziggidy/VMs/Drive2/Hermes.img,bus=virtio,size=50 \
> --network bridge:br0 \
> --graphics none \
> --location /home/ziggidy/ISOs/ubuntu-18.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso \
> --extra-args console=ttyS0
Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 0 B 00:00:00
Retrieving file content... | 0 B 00:00:00
Retrieving file info... | 70 B 00:00:00
ERROR Couldn't find hvm kernel for Ubuntu tree.
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start Hermes
otherwise, please restart your installation.
ziggidy@zeus:~/ISOs$
Same error trying 18.10 server
ziggidy@zeus:~/ISOs$ sudo virt-install \
> --name Hermes \
> --description "Bedrock Minecraft VM" \
> --os-type=Linux \
> --os-variant=ubuntu18.10 \
> --ram=2048 \
> --vcpus=2 \
> --disk path=/home/ziggidy/VMs/Drive2/Hermes.img,bus=virtio,size=50 \
> --network bridge:br0 \
> --graphics none \
> --location /home/ziggidy/ISOs/ubuntu-18.10-live-server-amd64.iso \
> --extra-args console=ttyS0
Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 0 B 00:00:00
Retrieving file content... | 0 B 00:00:00
Retrieving file info... | 68 B 00:00:00
ERROR Couldn't find hvm kernel for Ubuntu tree.
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start Hermes
otherwise, please restart your installation.
ziggidy@zeus:~/ISOs$
Fine with ZERO issues with 16.04
ziggidy@zeus:~/ISOs$ sudo virt-install \
> --name Hermes \
> --description "Bedrock Minecraft VM" \
> --os-type=Linux \
> --os-variant=ubuntu16.04 \
> --ram=2048 \
> --vcpus=2 \
> --disk path=/home/ziggidy/VMs/Drive2/Hermes.img,bus=virtio,size=50 \
> --network bridge:br0 \
> --graphics none \
> --location /home/ziggidy/ISOs/ubuntu-16.04.5-server-amd64.iso \
> --extra-args console=ttyS0
Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 0 B 00:00:00
Retrieving file content... | 0 B 00:00:00
Retrieving file info... | 67 B 00:00:00
Retrieving file vmlinuz... | 6.8 MB 00:00:00
Retrieving file initrd.gz... | 14 MB 00:00:00
^CDomain install interrupted.
Installation aborted at user request
ziggidy@zeus:~/ISOs$
