I installed CentOS 5.04 on my machine and loop mounted Ubuntu 9.04 iso in /mnt then wanted to install Ubuntu as DomU but while doing so I got an error following is the command that I used [root@supercomputer ~]# virt-install -n 26Nov -r 600 --arch=x86 --vcpus=1 --check-cpu --os-type=linux --hvm -l /mnt/ ERROR Host does not support virtualization type ''hvm'' for arch ''x86'' -- http://www.abhitech.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 21:04 +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote:> I installed CentOS 5.04 on my machine > and loop mounted Ubuntu 9.04 iso in /mnt then wanted to install Ubuntu > as DomU but while doing so I got an error > following is the command that I used > [root@supercomputer ~]# virt-install -n 26Nov -r 600 --arch=x86 > --vcpus=1 --check-cpu --os-type=linux --hvm -l /mnt/ > ERROR Host does not support virtualization type ''hvm'' for arch ''x86'' > >Check that your CPU has hardware virtualization support: Intel: # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vmx AMD: # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep svm If it returns anything, there is a different problem. If it doesn''t return anything, check the BIOS to see if there is an option to enable Virtualization Support and enable it. You can also check your processor information online (at either Intel or AMDs website) to see if they indeed have virtualization support. What CPU do you have in the CentOS host? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Boris Derzhavets
2009-Nov-26 17:42 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] how to install Ubuntu DomU on CentOS
virt-install --debug -n KoalaHVM --hvm -r 2048 --vcpus=1 \ -f /dev/sdb9 --vnc -c /home/boris/karmic.iso ________________________________ From: Tait Clarridge <tait@clarridge.ca> To: Tapas Mishra <tapas@abhitech.com> Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Sent: Thu, November 26, 2009 6:51:28 PM Subject: Re: [Xen-users] how to install Ubuntu DomU on CentOS On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 21:04 +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote:> I installed CentOS 5.04 on my machine > and loop mounted Ubuntu 9.04 iso in /mnt then wanted to install Ubuntu > as DomU but while doing so I got an error > following is the command that I used > [root@supercomputer ~]# virt-install -n 26Nov -r 600 --arch=x86 > --vcpus=1 --check-cpu --os-type=linux --hvm -l /mnt/ > ERROR Host does not support virtualization type ''hvm'' for arch ''x86'' > >Check that your CPU has hardware virtualization support: Intel: # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vmx AMD: # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep svm If it returns anything, there is a different problem. If it doesn''t return anything, check the BIOS to see if there is an option to enable Virtualization Support and enable it. You can also check your processor information online (at either Intel or AMDs website) to see if they indeed have virtualization support. What CPU do you have in the CentOS host? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users