Please stop top-posting. Satish Kagathara wrote: > Hi Michael, > > 1. It seems that earlier kvm utility has been replaced by qemu-kvm > right? Because i found few threads on net referring to kvm command. No. It were always named qemu-system-x86_64. Different distributions name it differently. In Debian it were named kvm since beginning and is still named this way, but the package name were renamed from kvm to qemu-kvm. > 2. Do you mean Linux KVM works/emulates only IDE controller for > starting windows? It does not support SATA/RAID to start windows? It can emulate one of: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE controller LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c895a SCSI controller Virtio "controller" There are a bunch of various sata controllers out there (just like ide and scsi), and qemu does not emulate any of them. > 3. Do you think i need to start my linux kernel with IOMMU or > Intel_iommu options? It depends on your needs. > Meanwhile i will try to find how can i prepare my windows to boot from > PIIX IDE controller. Hint: google for "mergeide". That works for WinXP but not necessary Win7. /mjt -- 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
