[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#579138: virtinst 0.500, 3-1 can't do a paravirt install from a debian dvd

[IAN DELANEY]

Package: virtinst
Version: 0.400.0-7
Severity: wishlist


I've fianlly figured out how to enter the correct form of data to do a paravirt install 
from the dvd, and it's virtually useless.  Of the three distros that deal with xen, 
only fedora will work off the dvd, and then it lacks the drivers to actually complete 
an install.

idella at debian:~$ sudo mount /dev/sr1 /mnt/tmp
mount: block device /dev/sr1 is write-protected, mounting read-only
idella at debian:~$ ls /mnt/tmp
autorun.inf     dists      install      md5sum.txt   README.mirrors.html  setup.exe
css             doc        install.386  pics         README.mirrors.txt   tools
debian          g2ldr      install.amd  pool         README.source        
win32-loader.ini
dedication.txt  g2ldr.mbr  isolinux     README.html  README.txt

Unable to complete install '<type 'exceptions.ValueError'> Could not find an 
installable distribution at '/mnt/ftp'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 728, in do_install
    dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/virtinst/Guest.py", line 733, in 
start_install
    self._prepare_install(meter)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/virtinst/ParaVirtGuest.py", line 48, in 
_prepare_install
    self._installer.prepare(guest = self, meter = meter)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 269, in 
prepare
    self._prepare_kernel_and_initrd(guest, distro, meter)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 235, in 
_prepare_kernel_and_initrd
    arch=arch)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 109, in 
acquireKernel
    scratchdir=scratchdir, arch=arch)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/virtinst/DistroManager.py", line 93, in 
_storeForDistro
    raise ValueError, _("Could not find an installable distribution at '%s'" % baseuri)
ValueError: Could not find an installable distribution at '/mnt/ftp'

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-xen-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages virtinst depends on:
ii  python                     2.5.2-3       An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-libvirt             0.4.6-10      libvirt Python bindings
ii  python-libxml2             2.6.32.dfsg-5 Python bindings for the GNOME XML 
ii  python-support             0.8.4         automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python-urlgrabber          3.1.0-4       A high-level cross-protocol url-gr

Versions of packages virtinst recommends:
pn  qemu                          <none>     (no description available)
ii  virt-viewer                   0.0.3-2    Displaying the graphical console o

virtinst suggests no packages.

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