On 09.08.2013 17:39, Dave Johansen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Patrick Hurrelmann > <patrick.hurrelmann at lobster.de> wrote: >> >> On 09.08.2013 17:21, Dave Johansen wrote: >>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:15 AM, lists-centos >>> <replies-lists-c9y6-centos at listmail.innovate.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------ Original Message ------------ >>>>> Date: Friday, August 09, 2013 08:04:08 AM -0700 >>>>> From: Dave Johansen <davejohansen at gmail.com> >>>>> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >>>>> Cc: >>>>> Subject: [CentOS] qemu-kvm package? >>>>> >>>>> I just did a clean net install of CentOS 6.4 and when I run >>>>> virt-manager it says that qemu-kvm is missing, but when I try to >>>>> install it with yum it says that there isn't a package with that >>>>> name. Is something wrong with my configuration? Or what is causing >>>>> this package to appear as not available? Thanks, >>>>> Dave >>>> >>>> Is this install on a 32-bit machine? >>>> >>>> It's there for 64-bit, but I don't see it for 32-bit. >>>> >>>> >>>> - Richard >>> >>> >>> It's a 32-bit install. >> >> kvm is not supported on 32bit installs in rhel/centos. > > Really? Is there a reason why that is the case? Because the hardware > supports it and so is it just that the software doesn't support > 32-bit? That's kind of surprising because my experience has usually > been that if both weren't supported then it was 64 bit that was > lacking. Nowadays you should always install 64 bit. 32 bit is a legacy architecture and should not be used unless you absolutely have no other choice. Regards, Dennis