On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 09:51 +0000, Julez wrote:
KVM version 84 Host OS: Centos version: 2.6.18-92.el5 Guest OS: Windows Server 2008 Web Processor: Intel Xeon L5420 Quad-Core
I have installed kvm version 84 from .rpm's on lfarkas.org. Without the --no-acpi option, Windows 2008 boots fine. With the --no-acpi option, the VM displays the following:
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For anyone else wanting to know how to install KVM version 84, this worked for me: yum remove kvm yum install zlib-devel alsa-lib-devel SDL-devel gnutls-devel dev86 texi2html glibc-devel.i386 rpm -i -v http://www.lfarkas.org/linux/packages/centos/5/x86_64/etherboot-roms-kvm-5.4... rpm -i -v http://www.lfarkas.org/linux/packages/centos/5/x86_64/kmod-kvm-84-1.x86_64.r... rpm -i -v http://www.lfarkas.org/linux/packages/centos/5/x86_64/kvm-84-1.x86_64.rpm reboot
Before I post this solution under my original forum post... http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=19034&forum=3... ...is this the recommended method for running KVM 72+?
Can't say as to what is recommended but knowing that it works for someone is useful, so I'd recommend updating your post - including Joseph L. Casale's advice that "Windows Vista/2008 requires ACPI. It won't run w/o."
According to this... http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Guest_Support_Status ...KVM version 72 is required for Windows Server 2008. CentOS ships with KVM 36 and the testing repositories have version 66 - and that's only provided as source: http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/SRPMS/.
Hate to give you the run-around, since I directed you here from the Forum, but the above sounds like an appropriate topic for centos-devel.
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel
Farkas Levente of lfarkas.org is frequently found there.
Maybe the KVM HowTo could be updated for anyone with the misfortune to require Windows Server 2008: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM
If you would like to update the above, that requires yet another list membership http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs and see http://wiki.centos.org/Contribute. Alternately, send me a PM with your suggested Wiki changes and I can help with that; however, joining yourself is the best way to contribute to the community.
Phil