On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 16:21 -0500, James B. Byrne wrote: > 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. I checked the 'kvm' box during the install of 5.4 64bit and didn't have to install anything from the extras or rpmforge repos. It just worked right off the iso. DaveM