From 102fe52165535f9da9c9f370c6d1c399458ed4dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Huth Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:35:49 +0100 Subject: man/virt-install: Add a note about different behavior of --boot on s390x It is common on x86 and other architectures to install a guest from network by using "--boot hd,network" with virt-install - as long as the hard disk is not bootable yet, the installation will be started via network, and once it finished, the guest can boot from hd during the next reboot. However, this does not work on s390x since this architecture only supports one single boot device to be passed to the guest. Thus add a note to the documentation to avoid that people are running again into this common pitfall. Buglink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2032472 Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- man/virt-install.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/virt-install.rst b/man/virt-install.rst index a0df7328..8959df7c 100644 --- a/man/virt-install.rst +++ b/man/virt-install.rst @@ -929,6 +929,8 @@ Some examples: ``--boot cdrom,fd,hd,network`` Set the boot device priority as first cdrom, first floppy, first harddisk, network PXE boot. + Note: s390x guests only support one boot device, so everything except + the first device type will be ignored. ``--boot kernel=KERNEL,initrd=INITRD,kernel_args="console=/dev/ttyS0"`` Have guest permanently boot off a local kernel/initrd pair, with the -- cgit v1.2.1