[libvirt-users] can't access VM after Fedora 13 KVM install
Hi, I'm installing a Fedora 13 virtual host on a Fedora 13 system, like this: virt-install --ram 2048 --vcpus 4 --name test --os-type linux \ --os-variant fedora13 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img,size=10 \ --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/Fedora-13-x86_64-DVD.iso --vnc --noautoconsole I connect to the installer using virt-manager, and the install appears to complete successfully. Then, I reboot the virtual machine and reconnect with virt-manager. What I see is this: Starting SeaBios (version 0.5.1) gPXE (http://etherboot.org) - 00:04.0 C900 PCI2.10 PnP BBS PMM7FE0@10 C900 Booting from Hard Disk... If I connect to the VM's console using 'virsh console', there's no output at all. I don't see anything in /var/log/messages or /var/log/libvirt that looks like an error. So, I'm not sure what's going on here, as this is the first time I've done anything with virtualization. Has my VM hung, or is this what's supposed to happen? I was expecting that somewhere along the line that my VM would get an IP address via DHCP so I could SSH to it, but don't see anything indicating that has happend, or what the IP address is if it has. Is something broken here, or have I missed a crucial step? -- J.
Thus spake Joel Uckelman:
Hi,
I'm installing a Fedora 13 virtual host on a Fedora 13 system, like this:
virt-install --ram 2048 --vcpus 4 --name test --os-type linux \ --os-variant fedora13 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img,size=10 \ --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/Fedora-13-x86_64-DVD.iso --vnc --noautoconsole
I connect to the installer using virt-manager, and the install appears to complete successfully. Then, I reboot the virtual machine and reconnect with virt-manager. What I see is this:
Starting SeaBios (version 0.5.1)
gPXE (http://etherboot.org) - 00:04.0 C900 PCI2.10 PnP BBS PMM7FE0@10 C900
Booting from Hard Disk...
If I connect to the VM's console using 'virsh console', there's no output at all. I don't see anything in /var/log/messages or /var/log/libvirt that looks like an error.
So, I'm not sure what's going on here, as this is the first time I've done anything with virtualization. Has my VM hung, or is this what's supposed to happen? I was expecting that somewhere along the line that my VM would get an IP address via DHCP so I could SSH to it, but don't see anything indicatin g that has happend, or what the IP address is if it has. Is something broken here, or have I missed a crucial step?
Follow-up: The problem was having hardware virtualization support turned off in the host's BIOS. (Doh!) Once I turned that on, not only was installing a guest about 10x faster, but it also booted properly afterward. -- J.
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