On 09/30/2009 10:28 AM, James Brackinshaw wrote: > Hi, > > Not sure if this is the right place to ask this. > virt-install questions should be directed to virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx > I'm getting hda disks by default with kvm under RHEL5.4 using > virt-install. This seems an odd default. Is there a reason for hda > disks over sda disks? Can I change this? > virt-install/libvirt defaults to IDE for disk devices (as does directly launching qemu or kvm). These disks will show up in a RHEL5 guest as /dev/hda, etc. In newer distros, these disks show up as /dev/sda, etc. It's just a matter of the RHEL5 stack being older than the hdX -> sdX change. If you want to use scsi disks via virt-install, you can use: virt-install --disk ...,bus=scsi Though AIUI it's generally considered buggy at the qemu level, and may even be disabled in RHEL5.4 - Cole -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
