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Hi, I managed to install Oracle Linux on kvm guest without a need to X console (no GUI, vnc or X11) 1. We can see the PXE menu 2. We can select image to install 3. We need to add console=ttyS0 to the PXE (cobbler is supporting this feature the same way as grub enable you to add parameter to the boot) Disclaimer: I tested this on Oracle Linux 7.5 using libvirt 1.5 # virt-install --hvm --connect qemu:///system --network=bridge:virbr0 --pxe --graphics none --name Oracle_Linux_7.4-x86_64 --ram=756 --vcpus=1 --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel7 --disk path=/tmp/rhel7-machine.img,size=5 --console pty,target_type=serial --boot 'menu=on,useserial=on' Starting install... Allocating 'rhel7-machine.img'                                                                                                                       | 5.0 GB  00:00:00    Connected to domain Oracle_Linux_7.4-x86_64 Escape character is ^] Google, Inc. Serial Graphics Adapter 04/30/14 SGABIOS

It is a while I am following the blog of Mariami Kupatadze , it seems that our background and daily work is around the same area and interest as mine. This week she posted a simple Linux adjustment ( sqlplus backspace – ^H, delete – [[D^, add command history ) for better way of using sqlplus. Since I am also a geek of environment improvements that can ease daily work, I want to add a nice variation. An example of basic rlwrap usage: rlwrap sqlplus / as sysdba or use sqlplus as alias with rlwrap: alias sqlplus='rlwrap sqlplus' After some usage you will notice that default history file is created here ~/.sqlplus_history I usually copy this file to ~/sqlplus.wordlist and edit it with wanted completion word. My personal file looks this way: abort active affirm all_roles alter alternate applied applied_seq# applied_thread# apply apply_finish apply_lag archived archived_seq# archived_thread# archiver async_blocks attribute availability begin bindi