openSUSE 11.4 - vm installation guide

Preliminary

you need the script vm-create in your path and its system config file /etc/vm-create.conf.

To perform a net install of openSUSE 11.4 in a virtual machine called "oprah" - with 8 GB disk, bridge and sound support - to a remote host called "bareil", use the following syntax:

# vm-create -c bareil -s 8 -S -b br0 -u opensuse oprah

Pool install refreshed

Starting install...
Allocating 'oprah.img'                              | 8.0 GB     00:00
Creating domain...                                  |   0  B     00:00

You can use the option -t to print the whole command to be passed to virt-install to standard output before executing it:

# vm-create -t -c bareil -s 8 -S -b br0 -u opensuse oprah

virt-install 
--connect=qemu+ssh://bareil/system 
--ram=512 
--arch=i386 
--vcpus=1 
--video=vga 
--soundhw=default 
--description="oprah (opensuse 11.4) - vm guest on host bareil" 
--os-variant=virtio26 
--disk vol=install/openSUSE-11.4-NET-i586.iso,device=cdrom 
--boot=cdrom,hd,network 
--disk pool=default,size=8 
--network bridge=br0
--vnc 
--vnclisten=0.0.0.0 
--name=oprah

iso URL: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/iso/openSUSE-11.4-NET
-i586.iso

A detailled description of the vm-create script has been posted in the openSUSE forum: vm-create : create kvm virtual machines.

* Notice that the option --boot=cdrom,hd,network is not available on virt-install version prior to 5003.