Re: kvm problems on new hardware

Avi Kivity
2009-10-27T09:45:11Z

On 10/26/2009 12:06 PM, Danny ter Haar wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a KVM virtualization problem.
> I've put together new hardware (supermicro) server with 2 E5530 cpu's
> and memory& disk to start experimenting with virtualization.
>
> I intend to use the www.proxmox.com system/setup.
> I installed proxmox and started stress testing the hardware:
> parallel kernel compiles in a loop (concurrency_level=32)&
> memtest86+ during the night etc.
> The hardware/os performs rocksolid when i stress test it, but the moment
> i start a virtual guest (eg debian netinstall) i get the first screen of the
> installation procedure in a vnc screen. I choose either normal install or
> expert install , the guest screen goes blank with only a cursor and the
> kvm process prints an error on the console and starts to eat cpu cycles.
> So the host OS is not barfing, only the kvm process is giving problems and the
> guest is frozen.
>
>

Does this happen for all guests (different OSes), or just this one?

Please provide a link to the install media.

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