On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Tim Nelson <tnelson at rockbochs.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > Greetings- >> > >> > I'm attempting to install CentOS-6 x86_64 to a virtual machine >> > running via KVM on a Proxmox 1.9 system. The specs are 4x CPUs, 4GB >> > RAM, and 160GB HDD. Installation proceeds fine using either minimal >> > or netinstall CDs until installation of the selinux or >> >> More specifically, it's hanging on the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. >> Not sure if this makes a difference, but I thought it worthy of >> note. >> > > Of interesting note, it now no longer hangs on selinux-policy-targeted, but every time now on qla2xxx-firmware which is the last package. I've let it sit overnight, same results. > > Even though I'd already verified MD5 of the ISO, I redownloaded from a different mirror, same results. I've tried disabling ACPI on the VM, giving less RAM, more RAM, use smaller HDD, larger HDD, more CPU cores, less CPU cores, etc. No change. > > Surely *someone* has installed CentOS 6 in a KVM VM and gotten it to work? :) Yes I have quite a few CentOS 6 installs in KVM and have not experienced any of the issues you have mentioned.