Re: a (bad) kvm story from a plain user

Luca
2007-08-14T19:32:18Z

On 8/14/07, Slohm Gadaburi <slohmg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I did apt-get installed kvm (which gave me the kvm-amd.ko module),
> and qemu packages.
>
> I modprobed kvm-adm.ko with no hassle.
>
> and then I followed the HOWTO page on the kvm wiki -
> created an qemu image and booted off a cd for installing RH9.0
> (yeah, antique).
>
> But the installation was sooooo slow. about 3 hours !
>
> How can I know if the qemu I ran took advantage of the kvm module ?

If it cannot use hw virtualization it tells you:

Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support

> I ran /usr/bin/qemu as I didn't have /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu like the HOWTO
> mentioned (as I didn't compiled the kvm bundle myself...).

Under debian the executable is called kvm; I believe that it's the
same under ubuntu. Run dpkg -L kvm and see what has been installed.

Luca