Re: installing win2k 32 bit with kvm on AMD 64 bit (dual core)

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Xu Nakajima wrote:
> Hello,
>  I have an AMD machine with  3800+ Dual Core Processor
>
> Athlon(tm) processor (x86_64).
> FC6 (x86_64) is installed on this machine.
>
> This processor DOES support SVM 
> (cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flags shows a line which
> includes "svm").
> I had built kvm-7 on that machine.
> I had tried , according to kvm howto , the following:
>
>
> modprobe kvm-amd
>
> Dec 22 14:10:36 rh kernel: general protection fault:
> 0000 [1] SMP 
> Dec 22 14:10:37 rh kernel: Code: 0f 01 dd 65 8b 0c 25
> 2c 00 00 00 48 63 d1 4c 89 f8 48 8b 14 
>   

The processor tried to execute the clgi instruction and got a general 
protection fault instead.  Are you using a Xen kernel?  If so, please 
try again without Xen.

> ...
>
> So my two questions are:
> 1) is such an installation is supported at all on this
>
> configuration (dual core x86_64 AMD with Win2K 
> installation of 32 bit)?
>   

Yes.

> 2) is it possible to use the same method when there is
> FC6 x86_64 installation DVD in the /dev/hdb (the
> -cdrom 
> parameter).
>   

Yes.  I never tried installing from the cdrom, but it should work.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.


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