From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Grinberg Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS as KVM guest Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:48:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <7041903.13.1303976887371.JavaMail.simong@simon-fedora> References: Reply-To: Simon Grinberg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm To: CentOS mailing list Return-path: Received: from mx3-phx2.redhat.com ([209.132.183.24]:54123 "EHLO mx3-phx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754614Ab1D1HsN (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:48:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emmanuel Noobadmin" > To: "CentOS mailing list" , "kvm" > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:57:18 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS as KVM guest > Unfortunately, things still don't work. > > > It's just ridiculous that the installer under KVM does not detect the > cdrom drive it was booted from. Trying to do a net-install doesn't > work, maybe I messed up the networking even though br0 and eth0 is > working on the host. > > Nevermind, let's install apache and use the mounted ISO. Verified > apache is working and the CentOS folder is accessible via web browser. > But, still the guest installer cannot seem to access the installation > files. > > OK, so maybe I messed up the networking, after all I am the noob... > maybe specifying --network=bridge:br0 isn't enough. There was > something about a tap or tunnel when initially reading up on bridged > networking. Looking up more on this, there are several resources > (sorry KVM FAQ leads to a page that no longer exist) which like many > other instructions, give the commands without really explaining > what/why. > > So I have to run some tunctl command and scripts to add a bridge and > tunnel/tap... but wait, I already made my bridge, will running the > script kill my networking by creating a second bridge? Especially the > warning about temporarily loosing connectivity due to ifcfg1 being > reset. > > And if I need to run this script everytime in order to activate the > bridge and tunnel, doesn't that mean all my guest OS are screwed if > the host reboots while I'm not around? Shouldn't these things go into > permanent files like if-tun0 or something? > > Every year, I get a little closer to not using VMWare but it seems > like this year is going to be victory for VMWare again. What version of VMWare are you using? > > CC to kvm mailing list but I expect, like my previous request for help > to the list, it will be rejected by mailman or a moderator. > > > Just damn frustrated, even if it's probably just me being too stupid > to know how to use KVM. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos