----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emmanuel Noobadmin" <centos.admin at gmail.com> > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>, "kvm" <kvm at vger.kernel.org> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:57:18 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS as KVM guest > Unfortunately, things still don't work. > > <rant> > It's just ridiculous that the installer under KVM does not detect the > cdrom drive it was booted from. Trying to do a net-install doesn't > work, maybe I messed up the networking even though br0 and eth0 is > working on the host. > > Nevermind, let's install apache and use the mounted ISO. Verified > apache is working and the CentOS folder is accessible via web browser. > But, still the guest installer cannot seem to access the installation > files. > > OK, so maybe I messed up the networking, after all I am the noob... > maybe specifying --network=bridge:br0 isn't enough. There was > something about a tap or tunnel when initially reading up on bridged > networking. Looking up more on this, there are several resources > (sorry KVM FAQ leads to a page that no longer exist) which like many > other instructions, give the commands without really explaining > what/why. > > So I have to run some tunctl command and scripts to add a bridge and > tunnel/tap... but wait, I already made my bridge, will running the > script kill my networking by creating a second bridge? Especially the > warning about temporarily loosing connectivity due to ifcfg1 being > reset. > > And if I need to run this script everytime in order to activate the > bridge and tunnel, doesn't that mean all my guest OS are screwed if > the host reboots while I'm not around? Shouldn't these things go into > permanent files like if-tun0 or something? > > Every year, I get a little closer to not using VMWare but it seems > like this year is going to be victory for VMWare again. What version of VMWare are you using? > > CC to kvm mailing list but I expect, like my previous request for help > to the list, it will be rejected by mailman or a moderator. > </rant> > > Just damn frustrated, even if it's probably just me being too stupid > to know how to use KVM. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos