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From: Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm and libvirt: running an ancient guest
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:35:43
Message-Id: 50747C31.8080401@binarywings.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm and libvirt: running an ancient guest by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 Am 09.10.2012 21:21, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
2 > Am 09.10.2012 20:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
3 >
4 >> When I cp a file within that VM it takes ages ... unfortunately the OS
5 >> doesn't bring much modules with it so I can't just swap the virtual
6 >> controller for SCSI or so :-(
7 >
8 > addition:
9 >
10 > within vmware-context I get a virtual PIIX4-IDE-controller.
11 >
12 > with qemu-kvm I get a virtual PIIX3-IDE-controller ... which seems not
13 > supported by that old kernel ... (no module visible with "lspci -v",
14 > unknown device ...)
15 >
16 > q: is it possible to get PIIX4-IDE into KVM? Couldn't find that out yet ...
17 >
18 > PIIX4-IDE runs fine in vmware-server 2 ... maybe I have to downgrade
19 > qemu-kvm and/or libvirt? ...
20 >
21 >
22
23 Given that the kernel is old and unsupported anyway, couldn't you just
24 compile a slightly newer one with the right modules? Or transplant it
25 from the other VM you mentioned?
26
27 Regards,
28 Florian Philipp

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