Michael Kress wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to install a CentOS 5.2 guest with virt-manager/qemu on a CentOS 5.2 system (X86_x64, 3ware 9650SE, 2 x Intel VT capable xeon cpus, 8 GB) Unfortunately I'm getting a crash in the guest install process. (see crash text below). Other systems are installing smoothely, even Windows xp, but the above combination won't install (5.2/5.2). What works well: CentOS 5.2 xen unmodified (i.e. fully virtual) guest, but no luck with qemu/kvm.
Yes, that is a known problem (also happens with real hardware) with the 5.2 install kernel. See http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2912 and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443853 which you somehow missed when you read the Release Notes at http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.2 (Known issues section).
Here's what I already tried, all without success:
- installed a minimal 5.1
- updated the 5.1 with yum update
That should work. Only the 5.2 install kernel has those issues, current kernels (should) work.
Cheers,
Ralph