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I have the following command to install CentOS using the virtual vsFTP server that I have at 192.168.122.1:

virt-install --name kickstart.example.com --ram 768 \
--disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/kickstart.example.com.img,size=12 \
--location ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/inst -x "ks=ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/ks.cfg"

The ks.cfg definitely exists because wget 192.168.122.1/pub/ks.cfg downloads the file. I can navigate to ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/ks.cfg and see ny kickstart file.

The error I get is:

ERROR    Error validating install location: Could not find an installable 
distribution at 'ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/inst'
The location must be the root directory of an install tree.

Is it something to do with permissions or SELinux (SELinux is Enforcing).

ls -lZ on 192.168.122.1/pub/ and its subdirectories and kickstart file is this:

-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:public_content_t:s0 /var/ftp/pub/ks.cfg

Any ideas? Many thanks :).

ale
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    Just reading the error message, could we get a quick listing of `ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/inst`, preferably via FTP? It's always possible that the error message means exactly what it says. – MadHatter May 16 '12 at 06:42
  • Does this - ftp://192.168.122.1/pub/inst - have valid directory structure? Do you have those metadata files valid? – jirib May 16 '12 at 06:46
  • I am facing the exact same issue. I am able to access the ftp location from a web browser over the network and over a different subnet. But virt-install always give a error while trying to read the ftp location path. Is this have some thing to do with the provding a network configration options along with virt-install ? – linxsaga May 28 '12 at 18:31

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Are the ISO images available as described in the Preparing for a Network Installation section of the Installation guide?

The installer is not complaining about the kickstart file but about a missing installation tree.

Bram
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My guess is that you copied over the files from your source DVD, but missed the ".discinfo" file. Kickstart will not recognize an installation source without this hidden file.

Derek Pressnall
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Check to make sure that iptables is not causing any problems. A simple way to check is to flush all settings by running:

iptables -F

If it runs after doing that, then you know it is due to an iptables setting.

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