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From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm and libvirt: running an ancient guest
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:23:07
Message-Id: 50747939.90104@xunil.at
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm and libvirt: running an ancient guest by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 Am 09.10.2012 20:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
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3 > When I cp a file within that VM it takes ages ... unfortunately the OS
4 > doesn't bring much modules with it so I can't just swap the virtual
5 > controller for SCSI or so :-(
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7 addition:
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9 within vmware-context I get a virtual PIIX4-IDE-controller.
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11 with qemu-kvm I get a virtual PIIX3-IDE-controller ... which seems not
12 supported by that old kernel ... (no module visible with "lspci -v",
13 unknown device ...)
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15 q: is it possible to get PIIX4-IDE into KVM? Couldn't find that out yet ...
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17 PIIX4-IDE runs fine in vmware-server 2 ... maybe I have to downgrade
18 qemu-kvm and/or libvirt? ...

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Re: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm and libvirt: running an ancient guest Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>