[CentOS-virt] Antwort: qemu-kvm

Thu Jan 5 23:30:01 UTC 2012
Manuel Wolfshant <wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro>

On 01/06/2012 01:19 AM, Ivan Malakhov wrote:
> 30.12.2011 22:30, Radek Bursztynowski пишет:
>>
>>>
>>> centos-virt-bounces at centos.org schrieb am 30.12.2011 11:54:18:
>>>
>>> > Radek Bursztynowski <radek at bursztynowski.waw.pl>
>>> > Gesendet von: centos-virt-bounces at centos.org
>>> >
>>> > 30.12.2011 11:54
>>> >
>>> > Bitte antworten an
>>> > radek <radek at bursztynowski.waw.pl>; Bitte antworten an
>>> > Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS <centos-virt at centos.org>
>>> >
>>> > An
>>> >
>>> > CentOS-virt at centos.org
>>> >
>>> > Kopie
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>>> > Thema
>>> >
>>> > [CentOS-virt] qemu-kvm
>>> >
>>> > Hi everybody,
>>> >
>>> > I am new member at this list but I am not new with CentOS. I use
>>> > CentOS 5.x till today, but I try CentOS 6.2 now.
>>> > Regarding virtualization on CentOS 6.2 (i386) I have some problem. I
>>> > installed all rpm packages joined to CentOS 6.2 and virtualization.
>>> > When I try to start virt-manager I receive request to install qemu-
>>> > kvm package. I try to do it accepting virt-manager advice but i can
>>> > read message that this package is not available. So, I try to
>>> > install qemu-kvm using yum - still nothing. Next I added additional
>>> > packages and repositories as follow:
>>> >
>>> > epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
>>> > remi-release-6.rpm
>>> > centos-release-cr-6-0.el6.centos.i686.rpm
>>> > rpmfusion-free-release-6-0.1.noarch.rpm
>>> > rpmfusion-nonfree-release-6-0.1.noarch.rpm
>>> >
>>> > Still nothing.
>>> >
>>> > I visited http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=qemu-kvm
>>> > but there are qemu-kvm packages destined for CentOS x86_64.
>>> >
>>> > Could anybody advice me where qemu-kvm packages for CentOS 6.2 i386
>>> > is placed or what should I to do to fix my problem?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for any help,
>>> > Radek
>>>
>>> Hello Radek,
>>> there are'nt any packages with kvm for i386, because kvm doesn't 
>>> work on this platform.
>>> Thats my opinion.
>>>
>>> When you need kvm and qemu, you must use x86_64 and a adequate 
>>> processor.
>>>
>>> Gruß
>>> Andreas Reschke
>>> ________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Unix/Linux-Administration
>>> Andreas.Reschke at behrgroup.com <mailto:Andreas.Reschke at behrgroup.com>
>>
>> Hello Andreas,
>>
>> Many thanks for this info. I found it in the Internet but I didn't 
>> believe... I use on my notebook Fedora 16 i386 and there are all 
>> packages for virtualization and all work the best.
>>
>> So, I understand that CentOS 6.2 i386 closed this line. But what 
>> virtualization joined to CentOS 6.2 i386 can I use? I don't think 
>> about "external" solutions like Virtual Box, VMware or others.
>> It seems that CentOS 6.2 i386 hasn't virtualization "server" 
>> solution, it has client only. Is it true?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Radek
>>
>>
>>
>>
> You may try to compile own kernel with xen support. I saw good howto 
> on xen.org
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/2011-July/002555.html