From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dor Laor Subject: Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS guest with virtio support? Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:32:36 +0200 Message-ID: <4B3F9F54.1030700@redhat.com> References: <88417A2FEA01451CBE5DB89A637584C9@neilhp> Reply-To: dlaor@redhat.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Neil Aggarwal Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:55347 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751191Ab0ABTd2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:33:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: <88417A2FEA01451CBE5DB89A637584C9@neilhp> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/02/2010 06:53 PM, Neil Aggarwal wrote: > Hello: > > I am running KVM 83-105.el5_4.13 installed with CentOS 5.4 > > According to this page: > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Guest_Support_Status > Ubuntu 8.04 LTS guests have some issues with virtio. > > When I tried to install an Ubuntu 8.04 guest with the > accelerate option to virt-install, it crashes during > the install. I assume this is the issue with virtio. > If I install the gues without the accelerate option, > it works, but is noticeably slow. > > Is it possible to install the Ubuntu guest and then > add the virtio drivers to it after the install? > Will that be stable? Assuming the failure was due to virtio, yes. Just use ide/e1000 instead. Getting the crash logs would be helpful. > > Thanks, > Neil > > -- > Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://UnmeteredVPS.net > Host Joomla!, Wordpress, phpBB, or vBulletin for $25/mo > Unmetered bandwidth = no overage charges, 7 day free trial > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html