[virt-tools-list] qestion about --os-variant of virt-install

[Cole Robinson]

On 01/18/2010 12:15 AM, Jianlin Liu wrote:
> Hi Cole,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> 

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> 
> Guest installation complete... restarting guest.
> Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:07:51 DEBUG    Restarted guest, looking to see if it is running
> Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:07:51 DEBUG    Launching console callback
> 
> 2. check domain config xml file.
> # virsh dumpxml xx
> <domain type='qemu' id='2'>

This is the problem. The guest isn't being set up as KVM, and virtio is not a
valid option with plain qemu, so we don't add it to the XML definition.

You need to add the --accelerate option (or --virt-type kvm if this is
virtinst 0.500.0 or later)

- Cole