Re: Running KVM on a Laptop

Bryon Roche
2009-02-16T15:16:42Z

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:56:56 +1100, Ross McKay wrote:

> NB: don't use recent sources (post v80) if you want to run compressed
> qcow2 images, as you'll only get corruption. I was told on this list
> that QEMU has resolved the problem but that the patch hasn't been ported
> across to the KVM branch yet. As such, get a laptop with a *big* hard
> drive if you plan to run the latest versions. --

If you're playing with kvm-git, you should be able to pull these fixes in
via cherry picking 16f197e29c19a4366a1d2ba3dcd0b4b8b0f86ce6, then
86030aade7ae09f4cedfb13973e37ba30f3db073.

/B