[SOLVED] kvm vs qemu

nixIT · 2012-02-24 19:44:44

Hello all,

I'm confused as to which I should be using. I am running arch 64, AMD processor with 6 cores.

I am trying to set up virtualization with KVM, and I am following the wiki here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kv … e_packages

though I'm not sure what I should be installing/running.

I tried qemu, and when I go to install windows 7, the 64bit gives me a blue screen with error code upon booting the the VM to the windows 764bit cd. When I try the 32-bit version of windows 7, same command line used to launch qemu, the installer starts, but once I pick my language and click next, the installer stays at the "Starting Windows Setup" screen. It has stayed here for over 24 hours.

When talking with a guy from work, he suggested trying qemu-kvm, so over lunch I uninstalled qemu and installed qemu-kvm from the repos. when I execute:

modprobe kvm-amd

I get the following:

libkmod: kmod_module_parse_depline: ctx=0xb9d010 path=/lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko.gz error=No such file or directory

When I had qemu installed the modprobe line just returned with no error, so I'm assuming that is good.

Not sure how to get windows 7 installed. is this possible with KVM, or should I be using virtualbox/vmware? I don't need graphic acceleration, and the same co-worker mentioned kvm gives him better windows performance over virtualbox or vmware.

what info can I provide to the forums that will help solve this issue?

Any help installing win7 in kvm is much appreciated.

--nixIT.

Last edited by nixIT (2012-03-06 20:10:32)

limaunion · 2012-02-24 23:55:48

nixIT wrote:

modprobe kvm-amd
I get the following:
libkmod: kmod_module_parse_depline: ctx=0xb9d010 path=/lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko.gz error=No such file or directory
--nixIT.

That's probably related to an update you made to your system (pacman -Syu) that included the kernel and by simply rebooting you'll get rid of that error message.
HTH

Last edited by limaunion (2012-02-25 00:27:31)

nixIT · 2012-02-25 17:29:14

limaunion wrote:

That's probably related to an update you made to your system (pacman -Syu) that included the kernel and by simply rebooting you'll get rid of that error message.
HTH

@limaunion

Thanx, that took care of it. Wish me luck for getting win7 installed.

--nixIT

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#1 2012-02-24 19:44:44

[SOLVED] kvm vs qemu

#2 2012-02-24 23:55:48

Re: [SOLVED] kvm vs qemu

#3 2012-02-25 17:29:14

Re: [SOLVED] kvm vs qemu

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