From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cam Macdonell Subject: Re: kvm, ubuntu 7.10 & vmware Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:28:25 -0600 Message-ID: <46FAB2D9.7050404@cs.ualberta.ca> References: <2759cf860709261026s482be252s1b9b75c7bad91d94@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <2759cf860709261026s482be252s1b9b75c7bad91d94-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Jared Greenwald wrote: > I'm trying to get a pre-built vmware image of Windows running on > ubuntu 7.10. I tried running qemu directly on the vmdk file, but that > is extremely slow. For example, it takes about a minute to get the > context menu to come up when you right-click on the desktop. I tried > converting the vmdk to qcow, qcow2 and raw formats, but I get an error > saying that the drive is not bootable. I looked through the help > pages and there is information about loading the kvm-intel module, but > I'm getting the "not supported" error message. I looked into updating > the bios as this is usually pointed to as the cause and it appears I'm > at the most recent version. > > So, the question is, am I missing something or am I doing something wrong? > To be clear, are you running "modprobe kvm_intel" and it's returning "not supported"? Did you install kvm with apt-get? When you run "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flags", do you see "vmx" in the list of flags? Cam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/