Kaushal,
"_Corporate wants you to find the difference_" [--location ]/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso # ls -l /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ /var/lib/libvirt/isos/[-rw-r--r--. 1 qemu qemu 1331691520 Feb 23 2022 ]ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso "_They are the same_" I used virt-manager more than the command line, so please excuse me as I believe my suggestion below is wrong. What happens if you use "virsh vol-list isos" (assuming your storage pool that contains ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso is called isos). I would expect something like: # virsh vol-list isos ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso _However when I did a bit of searching on the Internet, I found the following which sounds more like your issue._ https://askubuntu.com/questions/789358/virt-install-using-location-with-iso-image-no-longer-working --location '/path_to_isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-2003.iso',initrd=isolinux/initrd.img,kernel=isolinux/vmlinuz \ _The key here is the additional parameters on the location specifying_ vmlinuz as kernel and initrd.img. To find the path within the iso I've use it the isoinfo command as follows: $ isoinfo -J -i '/path_to_isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-2003.iso' -l https://www.wpdiaries.com/ubuntu-on-kvm/ Run in the terminal: ... --location /var/lib/libvirt/images/ubuntu-22.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper/initrd \ ... where ... --location – path to the local .iso file (or a distro install URL). Also, we set kernel and initrd here (we got values for them in section 1). George. On Saturday, 14-01-2023 at 03:01 Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Hi, # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) #virt-install --version1.5.0 # # ls -l /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ total 8302356 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4712300544 Aug 31 2021 CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-2009.iso -rw-r--r--. 1 qemu qemu 990904320 Aug 11 2021 ubuntu-18.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso -rw-r--r--. 1 qemu qemu 1331691520 Feb 23 2022 ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso -rw-r--r--. 1 qemu qemu 1466714112 Jun 28 2022 ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso # virt-install --name demoreactui --ram 8096 --disk path=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/demoreactui.img,size=20 --vcpus 2 --os-variant ubuntu20.04 --network bridge=br0 --graphics none --console pty,target_type=serial --location /var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper/initrd --extra-args 'console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial' ERROR Error validating install location: Validating install media '/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper/initrd' failed: Could not start storage pool: cannot open directory '/var/lib/libvirt/isos/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso,kernel=casper/vmlinuz,initrd=casper': No such file or directory Any clue and I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Kaushal
