Re: can't access VM after Fedora 13 KVM install

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake Joel Uckelman:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm installing a Fedora 13 virtual host on a Fedora 13 system, like this:
> 
> virt-install --ram 2048 --vcpus 4 --name test --os-type linux \
>   --os-variant fedora13 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img,size=10 \
>   --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/Fedora-13-x86_64-DVD.iso --vnc --noautoconsole
> 
> I connect to the installer using virt-manager, and the install appears to
> complete successfully. Then, I reboot the virtual machine and reconnect
> with virt-manager. What I see is this:
> 
>   Starting SeaBios (version 0.5.1)
> 
>   gPXE (http://etherboot.org) - 00:04.0 C900 PCI2.10 PnP BBS PMM7FE0@10 C900
> 
>   Booting from Hard Disk...
> 
> If I connect to the VM's console using 'virsh console', there's no output
> at all. I don't see anything in /var/log/messages or /var/log/libvirt that
> looks like an error.
> 
> So, I'm not sure what's going on here, as this is the first time I've done
> anything with virtualization. Has my VM hung, or is this what's supposed to
> happen? I was expecting that somewhere along the line that my VM would get
> an IP address via DHCP so I could SSH to it, but don't see anything indicatin
> g
> that has happend, or what the IP address is if it has. Is something broken
> here, or have I missed a crucial step?
>

Follow-up: The problem was having hardware virtualization support turned
off in the host's BIOS. (Doh!) Once I turned that on, not only was 
installing a guest about 10x faster, but it also booted properly afterward.

-- 
J.