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nadermx
Asked: 2018-03-05 06:15:38 +0800 CST

If I mount the ISO where is the kernel initrd for the OS installer

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I'm trying to make a KVM installing from ubuntu iso. In order to use the cmdline argument in the XML to kickstart the vm (as i asked here) I need to figure out where the kernel intrd and kernel are on a iso disk or how I can access this so I Can simply dowload the ISO then mount and deploy a vps with a kickstart script

I understand I can do this 

sudo mount -o loop path/to/iso/file/YOUR_ISO_FILE.ISO /media/iso

But then I'm still unsure what I point the directory too for the cmd line

mount kernel virtualization kvm

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Have a look at the casper directory for the initrd.lz file, in your case

    cd /media/iso/casper

    should bring you to the correct directory.

    You can find a file, if you know part of its name by (for example)

    find . -iname "*initrd*"

    or if it is in a directory with only 'sudo' permissions

    sudo find . -iname "*initrd*"

    when you have changed directory to the mountpoint.

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