[Bug 1872941] Re: [Ubuntu 20.04] virt-install fails to detect path after images folder name has changed

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

I guess you want for
ftp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/cdimage/releases/20.04/release/ to publish an
.ins file that HMC could load, and then be able to bring up network and
possibly default to said url to use .iso from there to complete the
install.

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Title:
  [Ubuntu 20.04] virt-install fails to detect path after images folder
  name has changed

Status in Ubuntu CD Images:
  Opinion
Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  Fix Released
Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in virt-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  
  For 20.04.0 d-i is changing from /images/ to /legacy-images/ in it's directory structure.

  For 20.04.1+ it will not exist at all.

  For all Ubuntu releases virt-install should learn how to use cloud-
  images from https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/ which are preinstalled
  cloud-init enabled qcow2 images, with unpacked kernels. Allowing to
  change kernel cmdline parameters and boot in-place. Which is the best
  & default Ubuntu experience on VMs.

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  Installer version: Latest
  https://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x

  Description/Reproduction:
  Start virt-install with the following options:

  virt-install \
  --name ubuntu20-guest1 \
  --memory 4096 \
  --vcpus 4 \
  --disk "size=4" \
  --location http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x \
  --network "network=default"

  Error:
  ERROR    Error validating install location: Could not find an installable distribution at 'http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x'

  The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
  See virt-install man page for various distro examples.

  Looking at previous releases I would guess it expects an "images"
  directory instead of the new "legacy-images" directory. I'm aware of
  the workaround to specify kernel/initramfs directly but that shouldn't
  be a solution.

  == Comment: #2 - Andre Wild1 <Andre.Wild1 at ibm.com> - 2020-04-15 03:51:21 ==
  (In reply to comment #0)
  > Installer version: Latest
  > https://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x
  >

  Sorry I've copied the wrong link. This is the link I've used successfully in the past:
  http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x

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