Ubuntu 11.04 - 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 Ubuntu 11.04 in a virtual machine called "ulysse" - 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 ubuntu -R natty ulysse

Pool install refreshed

Starting install...
Allocating 'ulysse.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 ubuntu -R natty ulysse

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

iso URL: ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/ubuntu/dists/natty/main/installer-i386/current
/images/netboot/mini.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.

Booting Ubuntu

You can press TAB at the boot menu and specify a higher resolution by appending the option vga to the kernel line. The numbers 771 and 773 respectively provide 800x600 and 1024x768 framebuffer. We'll use 771 in this tutorial.

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Installing Ubuntu

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