On 7/11/10, ewheeler <kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm having trouble on CentOS 5.5 too That doesn't sound too positive since Redhat is supposedly shifting to KVM as their virtualization platform of choice. :( >--- Have you tried the testing repo using these instructions? > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM#head-ddf21f42074a58b940ff360d78b7f79130c193e4 > > You might also try the EPEL and freshrpms repo for the latest qemu/kvm > support. I was hoping it won't come down to such hoop jumping especially on the machine which does serve some light production duties. I'll give it a spin once I've gathered the spare parts to build my two node test setup. > BTW, I am having great success using Ubuntu 10.04 as a host OS and > running the VMs under it---and I've been a die-hard CentOS/RHEL guy for > years. I tried CentOS 5.[45] a while ago for KVM and was not pleased > with the functionality, primarily because CentOS still uses the 2.6.18 > relic with (too)many backports. > > Let us know how it goes! I'm quite tempted now and then to give Ubuntu a spin especially given the support/integration for the newer stuff like Eucalyptus. However, at the same time, I'm risk averse and sys/infrastructure being a seconded duty, I more inclined to keep everything on the same OS so I won't screw up something accidentally. Don't want to use the wrong switch/options on a command one day and find myself wrecking a production system :D But if CentOS really can't be made to work, then it is either Ubuntu or sticking to VMware, I might just bite the bullet just so I don't end up stuck with a VM setup that's not supported a few years down the road. -- 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
