Yes, virtualization is enabled in the bios. (otherwise virt-install would exit with an error saying it's not enabled).<br><br>I switched from Centos 5.4 i386 version to the x86-64 version. but still the same problem exists. I have those 4 rpm's install you mentioned.<br>
<br>Can you tell me more about using block devices? I cannot see any options for that in virt-install. <br><br>Thanks.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:06 PM, compdoc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:compdoc@hotrodpc.com">compdoc@hotrodpc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I’m guessing the hardware has virtual abilities enabled in
the bios… </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This problem you have once happened to me, and from what I can remember
it had something to do with storage. These days I use block devices, which is
faster. If you’re using file-based, I guess you might want to check
permissions for the directory you’re putting them in, as well as
permissions for the .iso file you’re installing from.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Also, make sure you are not running the zen kernel – KVM requires
the normal x86_64 kernel. Using the package manager to list my kvm components:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">etherboot-zroms-kvm.x86_64 5.4.4-10.el5.centos installed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">kmod-kvm.x86_64 83-105.el5_4.28 installed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">kvm.x86_64 83-105.el5_4.28 installed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">kvm-qemu-img.x86_64 83-105.el5_4.28 installed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">uname -a: Linux <a href="http://centos.domain.com" target="_blank">centos.domain.com</a> 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5 #1 SMP
Wed Mar 17 11:30:06 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<a href="mailto:centos-virt-bounces@centos.org" target="_blank">centos-virt-bounces@centos.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:centos-virt-bounces@centos.org" target="_blank">centos-virt-bounces@centos.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>gibbe gabba<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: '˙' character after starting a VM via
virt-install</span></p>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">The hardware is DELL PowerEdge
R210 Quad Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz (/proc/cpuinfo).<br>
<br>
I installed KVM with .RPMs after installing the system with a base Centos 5.4
installation (server).<br>
yum install kvm<br>
yum install virt-install<br>
<br>
the kvm and kvm_intel modules are loaded. Also HyperThreading is available
(enabled in BIOS), so KVM isn't complaining about that.<br>
<br>
I've tried following Linux distros:<br>
<br>
- Centos 5.4<br>
- Fedora 12<br>
- Ubuntu 10<br>
- Sipcat 1.3<br>
<br>
All of them have the same problem. I tried both installing from a CD ISO and
from http repositories.<br>
<br>
</p>
</div></div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:53 PM, compdoc <<a href="mailto:compdoc@hotrodpc.com" target="_blank">compdoc@hotrodpc.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Just curious as to what hardware you're running
it on. And when you say you've installed the necessary rpms, does this mean you
installed KVM by hand after the install, or through the installer when you
first installed it?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:centos-virt-bounces@centos.org" target="_blank">centos-virt-bounces@centos.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:centos-virt-bounces@centos.org" target="_blank">centos-virt-bounces@centos.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>gibbe gabba<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 26, 2010 7:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:centos-virt@centos.org" target="_blank">centos-virt@centos.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CentOS-virt] KVM: '˙' character after starting a VM via
virt-install</p>
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</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">I'm
unable to start a virtual machine with KVM.<br>
<br>
I'm using Centos 5.4<br>
<br>
I have installed all necessary rpms (to my knowledge), but as you can see from
the output (below), the system does not boot the CD-ROM. It just sits there
doing nothing:</p>
<div><pre># virt-install --prompt<br>
<br>
</pre><pre>Would you like to use KVM acceleration? (yes or no) yes<br>
<br>
</pre><pre> What is the name of your virtual machine? test<br>
<br>
</pre><pre><br>
<br>
</pre><pre> How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 1024<br>
<br>
</pre><pre><br>
<br>
</pre><pre> What would you like to use as the disk (file path)? /var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img<br>
<br>
</pre><pre> How large would you like the disk (/var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img) to be (in gigabytes)? 20<br>
<br>
</pre><pre><br>
<br>
</pre><pre> What is the install CD-ROM/ISO or URL? /root/CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-1of6.iso<br>
<br>
</pre><pre><br>
<br>
</pre><pre><br>
<br>
</pre><pre><br>
<br>
</pre><pre>Starting install...<br>
<br>
</pre><pre>Creating storage file... | 20 GB 00:00<br>
<br>
</pre><pre>Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00<br>
<br>
</pre><pre><br>
<br>
</pre><pre>Connected to domain test<br>
<br>
</pre><pre><br>
<br>
</pre><pre>Escape character is ^]<br>
<br>
</pre><pre>˙</pre></div>
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the '˙' character appears after a few seconds, then nothing... <b>Error!
Filename not specified.</b><br>
<br>
Any help is appreciated! </p>
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