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Re: Centos install on KVM

Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:41 pm

simple pointers would be like this:
1) upload iso and set up image file for linux starting with size of 5GB or up
2)*this step is optional* create virtual machine with guest os kernel and inird (it can retrieve them from image, but to make sure you are using same initrd and kernel that os uses do that)
3) set up VNC port to connect to your guest.

after this, you should be able to follow simple linux installation procedure to install it.
I can install CentOS5.8 just fine on a KVM, but 6.x won't install at all. The same thing happened to me for Ubuntu, I was able to do a dist-upgrade from 10.04 to the latest. Is this a known issue? Is there a work around for it? I was running 5.20 and 5.21.
 
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Re: Centos install on KVM

Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:54 am

what kernel and init.rd you are using? Problem might be that RouterOS uses older kernel version than one required and used by Linux you try to use.
 
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Re: Centos install on KVM

Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:30 pm

I'm using the ones provided on the ISO disc, I'm not sure what version those are. I was afraid that it was something like that for the KVM. I'll be waiting for 6.0 rc3 then for support of my network card for testing out the KVM.
 
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Re: Centos install on KVM

Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:35 am

have you set them as kernel and initrd arguments with files from your distro?
 
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Re: Centos install on KVM

Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:32 pm

have you set them as kernel and initrd arguments with files from your distro?
Yes, I pulled them off the ISO and uploaded them to the router. I then input those files into the KVM for the corresponding kernel and initrd areas.

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