From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gleb Natapov Subject: Re: KVM with OEM license Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:31:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20100307063142.GM16909@redhat.com> References: <3fc00f681003061543u24658425r96121972b00d711e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Phil Borlin Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:26674 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751177Ab0CGGbp (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2010 01:31:45 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3fc00f681003061543u24658425r96121972b00d711e@mail.gmail.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 04:43:10PM -0700, Phil Borlin wrote: > I have an HP Server with an OEM copy of Windows Server 2008. When I > try to install 2008 as a guest in KVM the HP OEM check pops up and > tells me I am not using supported hardware. It seems the OEM check is > looking for information in the BIOS of the server, but KVM is > presenting the installer with a different BIOS. > > HP support told me that if I was using VMWare I would add the > parameter "SMBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE"" and then it would work. Is > there a similar solution under KVM? Is there a particular version of > KVM that I need to be running to get this feature? > You can dump SLIC table of your host bios and provide it to guest bios using -acpitable parameter. But you are trying to violate MS licence here. -- Gleb.