Public bug reported:
When trying to create Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy virtual machine under Ubuntu
8.10 Interpid the installation refers to unknown package " linux-image-
virtual". I assume this is because the guest Hardy has such a package,
but Interpid does not.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:31][~]% sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --mem 512 --ip=84.20.128.35
--name admin --pass adminpw --firstlogin=boot.sh --raw=/dev/vg01/harvinaiset
--addpkg acpid -o --suite hardy --flavour virtual --libvirt qemu:///system
2008-11-03 23:32:05,711 INFO Adding partition table to disk image:
/dev/vg01/harvinaiset
2008-11-03 23:32:05,776 INFO Adding type 1 partition to disk image:
/dev/vg01/harvinaiset
2008-11-03 23:32:05,872 INFO Adding type 3 partition to disk image:
/dev/vg01/harvinaiset
2008-11-03 23:32:05,950 INFO device-mapper: remove ioctl failed: Device or
resource busy
2008-11-03 23:32:05,951 INFO device-mapper: create ioctl failed: Device or
resource busy
2008-11-03 23:32:05,953 INFO Creating loop devices corresponding to the
created partitions
2008-11-03 23:32:05,977 INFO Creating file systems
2008-11-03 23:32:05,981 INFO mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
2008-11-03 23:32:08,314 INFO Mounting target filesystems
2008-11-03 23:32:08,380 INFO Installing guest operating system. This might
take some time...
2008-11-03 23:33:43,944 INFO Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts
not mounted?)
2008-11-03 23:33:43,976 INFO Moving old data out of the way
2008-11-03 23:33:44,071 INFO Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts
not mounted?)
2008-11-03 23:33:44,397 INFO Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
found: /boot/grub
2008-11-03 23:33:44,963 INFO Searching for default file ... Generating
/boot/grub/default file and setting the default boot entry to 0
2008-11-03 23:33:44,964 INFO Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
found: /boot/grub
2008-11-03 23:33:44,969 INFO Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ...
2008-11-03 23:33:44,969 INFO
2008-11-03 23:33:44,969 INFO Could not find /boot/grub/menu.lst file.
2008-11-03 23:33:44,969 INFO Generating /boot/grub/menu.lst
2008-11-03 23:33:45,036 INFO Searching for splash image ... none found,
skipping ...
2008-11-03 23:33:45,139 INFO grep: /boot/config*: No such file or directory
2008-11-03 23:33:45,193 INFO Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
2008-11-03 23:33:45,193 INFO
2008-11-03 23:33:45,376 INFO Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
found: /boot/grub
2008-11-03 23:33:45,438 INFO Searching for default file ... found:
/boot/grub/default
2008-11-03 23:33:45,439 INFO Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ...
found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
2008-11-03 23:33:45,533 INFO Searching for splash image ... none found,
skipping ...
2008-11-03 23:33:45,555 INFO grep: /boot/config*: No such file or directory
2008-11-03 23:33:45,613 INFO Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
2008-11-03 23:33:45,613 INFO
2008-11-03 23:33:45,655 INFO Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
found: /boot/grub
2008-11-03 23:33:45,895 INFO E: Package linux-image-virtual has no
installation candidate
2008-11-03 23:33:45,897 INFO Cleaning up
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 29, in <module>
VMBuilder.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/VMBuilder/__init__.py", line 66, in run
frontend.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/cli/__init__.py",
line 67, in run
vm.create()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/VMBuilder/vm.py", line 453, in create
raise e
VMBuilder.exception.VMBuilderException: Process (['chroot',
'/tmp/vmbuilder4F0_wG/root', 'apt-get', '--force-yes', '-y', 'install',
'linux-image-virtual', 'grub']) returned 100. stdout: Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Package linux-image-virtual is not available, but is referred to by another
package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
, stderr: E: Package linux-image-virtual has no installation candidate
** Affects: vm-builder (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Can't install Hardy virtual machine under Interpid
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293299
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