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From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
To: Bob Tennent <rdt@cs.queensu.ca>
Cc: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Fedora 8 as kvm guest
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:36:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47AEE1CA.3050602@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200802030506.m1356N3E002718@linus.cs.queensu.ca>

Bob Tennent wrote:
> I'm experimenting with kvm on a Fedora 8 system. I've installed the
> necessary packages, have a suitable CPU etc. I'll eventually aim for
> a Windows guest, but am trying out a virtual Fedora 8 guest. When I
> try to install a Fedora guest, it threatens to wipe and re-partition
> the whole drive. It does this whether I specify an installation file
> or partition in virt-manager. Can I ignore this? I don't want my whole
> installation wiped. Is the hypervisor presenting the Fedora install with
> a file/parition and making it think it has a whole drive?
>   

Yes, it's a virtual drive that is implemented as a file on the host.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-02-10 11:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-03  5:06 Fedora 8 as kvm guest Bob Tennent
     [not found] ` <200802030506.m1356N3E002718-s+GRcMkL13YalnyRIsVktCwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-03 12:04   ` Uri Lublin
2008-02-10 11:36 ` Avi Kivity [this message]

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