From: Dor Laor <dlaor@redhat.com>
To: Neil Aggarwal <neil@JAMMConsulting.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS guest with virtio support?
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:32:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B3F9F54.1030700@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <88417A2FEA01451CBE5DB89A637584C9@neilhp>
On 01/02/2010 06:53 PM, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I am running KVM 83-105.el5_4.13 installed with CentOS 5.4
>
> According to this page:
> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Guest_Support_Status
> Ubuntu 8.04 LTS guests have some issues with virtio.
>
> When I tried to install an Ubuntu 8.04 guest with the
> accelerate option to virt-install, it crashes during
> the install. I assume this is the issue with virtio.
> If I install the gues without the accelerate option,
> it works, but is noticeably slow.
>
> Is it possible to install the Ubuntu guest and then
> add the virtio drivers to it after the install?
> Will that be stable?
Assuming the failure was due to virtio, yes. Just use ide/e1000 instead.
Getting the crash logs would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-02 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-02 16:53 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS guest with virtio support? Neil Aggarwal
2010-01-02 19:32 ` Dor Laor [this message]
2010-01-02 19:50 ` Neil Aggarwal
2010-01-04 7:06 ` Neil Aggarwal
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