Yes, virtualization is enabled in the bios. (otherwise virt-install would exit with an error saying it&#39;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&#39;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">&lt;<a href="mailto:compdoc@hotrodpc.com">compdoc@hotrodpc.com</a>&gt;</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>

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<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: &#39;˙&#39; character after starting a VM via
virt-install</span></p>

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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&#39;t complaining about that.<br>
<br>
I&#39;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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:53 PM, compdoc &lt;<a href="mailto:compdoc@hotrodpc.com" target="_blank">compdoc@hotrodpc.com</a>&gt; wrote:</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Just curious as to what hardware you&#39;re running
it on. And when you say you&#39;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: &#39;˙&#39; character after starting a VM via
virt-install</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">I&#39;m
unable to start a virtual machine with KVM.<br>
<br>
I&#39;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 &#39;˙&#39; character appears after a few seconds, then nothing... <b>Error!
Filename not specified.</b><br>
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Any help is appreciated! </p>

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