[CentOS] kvm in Centos 5.3

Wed Jul 29 22:07:34 UTC 2009
Victor Padro <vpadro at gmail.com>

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Kanwar Ranbir
Sandhu<m3freak at thesandhufamily.ca> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Is KVM support in CentOS 5.3 complete?  That is, can a CentOS 5.3 system
> host KVM VMs or does CentOS 5.3 only support being virtualized via KVM?
>
> I ask because I installed KVM on a CentOS 5.3 host, but I can't find a
> kvm module anywhere in /lib/modules/* (let alone the running kernel).
>
> Regards,
>
> Ranbir
>
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You need to install the module.
if it's intel: modprobe kvm-intel
if it's amd modprobe kvm-amd

please check the documentation here:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM

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