On 26.04.2012 23:12, aurfalien wrote: > On Apr 26, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Nux! wrote: > >> On 26.04.2012 22:53, aurfalien wrote: >>> On Apr 25, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Lars Hecking wrote: >>> >>>> aurfalien writes: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Really enjoying KVM as I was a long time user of Xen. Both are >>>>> cool, just enjoying the new thing. >>>>> >>>>> Wondering if any one could share some nuggets on how to get a >>>>> Centos 5.1 VM guest to use virtio? >>>>> >>>>> Trying to use virtio over the ide. >>>> >>>> Are you talking about a windows guest? >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> So I updated my Centos 5.1 guest kernel only, to 2.6.18-308.4.1. >>> >>> Does this or can it have virtio support? >>> >>> Do I need to install other packages? >>> >>> >>> - aurf >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS-virt mailing list >>> CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt >> >> If that kernel is the one from Centos 5.4 or newer, then you might >> get >> lucky; ideally you should update the whole thing to latest. Any >> reason >> to not do so? > > Well, its a software license server and I dont want to break > anything. > > I would rather just update whats needed as the kernel update didn't > seem to work. > > Or, should I change the fstab on the running VM after setting the > disk type to virtio first? > > I assume the mount points should be /dev/vda# etc... Yes, virtio devices are /dev/vdX. You might be better off using UUIDs or LABELs instead. -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
