[TriLUG] how to install Ubuntu over http in virt-manager

[Tapas Mishra]

Hi, I am having a situation where I can not use a CD or PxE boot or wubi to
install.I need to necessarily do an http install of Ubuntu.I am basically
trying to create a guest OS in a virtualization setup on Xen on a non VT
hardware.On a non VT hardware the virt-manager does not allow to install
from local ISO or PXE even the only option is via a URL on http://

Here is what I did
1) Download ubuntu 10.04 32 bit ISO
2) Kept it in /var/www (apache2 is running)
3) renamed it to ubuntu.iso

and when I reached a stage where installation begins I gave path
http://localhost/ubuntu.iso but I got an error  any installable distribution
not found.

4) After this I did

    mkdir /var/www/sk

    mount -t iso9660 /var/www/ubuntu.iso /var/www/sk -o loop

and this time during the installation I gave path http://localhost/sk I was
able to see the contents in browser http://localhost/sk which you will see
in a normal CD. But beginning installation I got same error

     ValueError: Could not find an installable distribution at '
http://localhost/sk

So I want to just confirm if http install is done only this way or some
other way because the installation is not proceeding.