[libvirt][solved] domain type "kvm" error
Cole Robinson
crobinso at redhat.com
Sun Sep 7 20:54:57 UTC 2008
Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> Cole Robinson wrote:
>>> I use "ubuntu hardy" but I dont think the problem is specific to the
>>> distribution I use.
>>>
>>> I installed KVM and libvirt as described here:
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM
>>>
>>> Following that method, created a domain, which dumps like this:
>>> <domain type='qemu' id='1'>
>>> <name>xp1</name>
>>> ...
>>> </domain>
>>
>> Specifically what tool did you use to install the VM? That tutorial
>> lists
>> several different methods.
>
> $ sudo virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n xp1 \
> -r 512 -f xp1.qcow2 -s 12 -c xp.iso --vnc \
> --noautoconsole --os-type windows --os-variant winxp
>
FYI, the reason you didn't end up with a kvm guest with
this command is because you didn't pass the --accelerate
flag. It's unfortunate that back compatibility prevents us
from just defaulting to kvm, but that's the way it goes :(
- Cole
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