On 11/10/2010 08:31 PM, Mark Pryor wrote: > > > --- On Wed, 11/10/10, jayeola at gmail.com<jayeola at gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: jayeola at gmail.com<jayeola at gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions? >> To: "Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS"<centos-virt at centos.org> >> Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 7:15 PM >> rpm -ql kvm >> rpm -qa | grep kvm >> > > to continue this: > ------------- verify an amd64 install of kvm -------------- > $ rpm -qa | grep kvm > etherboot-zroms-kvm-5.4.4-13.el5.centos > kvm-83-164.el5_5.21 > kmod-kvm-83-164.el5_5.21 > > $ sudo lsmod | grep kvm > kvm_amd 69416 0 > kvm 226336 2 ksm,kvm_amd > > yum install bridge-utils tunctl > ------------- snip --------- > > kvm is basically qemu. > The kvm launcher is (by default) not in your path: > /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm > > request help on qemu-kvm and you will see almost the same thing which is in qemu. > > Trying to learn kvm via libvirt is over-kill - stick with the commandline. > > To launch a live CD do > #/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -cdrom /path-to/pup-431.iso -boot d -m 384 > -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap -localtime -usb& > > this works over ssh too if you forward X. > Thank you! Fedora 13 Live CD: qemu-kvm -cdrom ./Fedora-13-i686-Live-XFCE.iso -boot d -m 384 -net nic,model=rtl8139 -localtime -usb Froze up at "automatic boot in 10 seconds". This is probably because my CentOS 5.5 is 32 bit and I am running a really old version of qemu-kvm. BartPE (Windows XP Personal Edition on a CDROM): qemu-kvm -cdrom ./KAS7.Bart.iso -boot d -m 384 -net nic,model=rtl8139 -localtime -usb -smp 2 Ran very well. Even found my rtl8139. I have to work on the TAP device thing. -T