On Fri, November 6, 2009 13:50, James B. Byrne wrote: > > > Evidently, one gets XEN. I will get kvm from extras and go about > installing it manually. > > # grep 'vmx' /proc/cpuinfo flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm I installed kvm.x86_64-83-105.el5_4.9 successfully. I also installed virt-manager. I tried to install qemu but failed due to this file conflict: Transaction Check Error: file /usr/share/man/man1/qemu-img.1.gz from install of qemu-0.9.0-4.x86_64 conflicts with file from package kvm-qemu-img-83-105.el5_4.9.x86_64 I infer from this that qemu is NOT required with KVM and that kvm-qemu takes its place. Proceeding to the next stage I tried to load the kvm-module: # modprobe kvm-intel Which fails like this: FATAL: Error inserting kvm_intel (/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.el5/weak-updates/kmod-kvm/kvm-intel.ko): Operation not supported So, what is going on? What am I missing? The CentOS HowTos on kvm do not cover the current kernel insofar as I can see. Sincerely, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3