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eugen

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Registered: 2008-08-15

Posts: 3

installation in kvm

I want to try arch by installing it in a virtual machine using kvm and libvirt.

When I enable hardware virtualization, meaning using 'kvm' instead of 'qemu', I get "exception 13":

/usr/bin/kvm -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -monitor pty -no-reboot -drive file=/home/eugen/Downloads/archlinux-2008.06-core-x86_64.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,boot=on -drive file=/var/vimg/arch.img,if=ide -net nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:0a:d3:4f,vlan=0 -net tap,fd=16,script=,vlan=0 -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:1 
char device redirected to /dev/pts/3
exception 13 (33)
rax 0000000000000000 rbx 0000000000000800 rcx 0000000000000000 rdx 00000000000000e0
rsi 00000000ffff7d98 rdi 000000000008f788 rsp 0000000000002018 rbp 0000000000000008
r8  0000000000000000 r9  0000000000000000 r10 0000000000000000 r11 0000000000000000
r12 0000000000000000 r13 0000000000000000 r14 0000000000000000 r15 0000000000000000
rip 0000000000000003 rflags 00033202
cs 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0)
ds 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0)
es 0800 (00008000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0)
ss 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0)
fs 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0)
gs 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0)
tr 0000 (fffbd000/00002088 p 1 dpl 0 db 0 s 0 type b l 0 g 0 avl 0)
ldt 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 0 db 0 s 0 type 2 l 0 g 0 avl 0)
gdt fb1f2/30
idt 0/3ff
cr0 10 cr2 0 cr3 0 cr4 0 cr8 0 efer 0
code: 53 ff 00 --> f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff 00 f0 a5 fe 00 f0 87 e9 00 f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff

I believe this is similar to the bug described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/107172
From the kvm wiki, "is a known problem with Intel CPUs": http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Intel_R … n_Problems

Apparently, installing with qemu/--no-kvm and then switching to full virtualization should work, but even the installation is painfully slow.

First, should I report this as a bug?
Second, is there a way to disable the boot splash? Or is there another solution to this?

Thanks a lot!