KVM CLI install for CentOS 6.3 defaults to Minimal Install

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Published on 2013-06-18T04:39:03Z Indexed on 2013/11/12 3:58 UTC
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So I now I've installed KVM (and its associated tools and packages- libvirt, VMM etc.). On the GUI (i.e using the VMM), installation works as its supposed to. However, when I try to create a VM using the command line interface, the OS (I am working with CentOS 6.3) defaults to a Minimal Install instead of giving me options to choose from at the time of installation. I am trying to install using the following command:

virt-install    \
--connect qemu:///system \
--virt-type kvm  --name testVM2  \
--ram 512  --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/testVM2.img,size=8 --vnc \
--cdrom /media/db18de8e-0853-49fb-80de-5c794d58a46f/CentOS-6.3- x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso   \
--network network=default  

Specifying the OS-type or the OS-variant parameters doesn't make a difference. Is there something that I am missing out on or some other parameter that I must specify?

Thanks in advance.

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