[nmglug] kvm ,virt-manager

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On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 16:46 -0600, Brendan wrote:
> a wrote:
> > Using Ubuntu 9.04 with kvm,virt-manager,I would like to virtualize the
> > pre-loaded legacy operating system which is on the computer.
> > How do I virtualize the pre-installed os via Ubuntu. ?
> 
> I've only done this in Fedora, but it should be pretty much the same 
> thing with Ubuntu.  You need an xml description of the virtual machine. 
>   Here's one I'm using for a Windows 2000 guest:
> 
> <domain type='kvm'>
>    <name>win2k-1</name>
>    <uuid>40d85ca9-225b-5ae4-f521-a84b19927a36</uuid>
>    <memory>1048576</memory>
>    <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
>    <vcpu>2</vcpu>
>    <os>
>      <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
>      <boot dev='hd'/>
>    </os>
>    <features>
>      <acpi/>
>      <apic/>
>      <pae/>
>    </features>
>    <clock offset='utc'/>
>    <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>    <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>    <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>    <devices>
>      <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
>      <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>        <source dev='/dev/vg0/win2k-1'/>
>        <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
>      </disk>
>      <interface type='bridge'>
>        <mac address='00:11:4f:a4:c2:f0'/>
>        <source bridge='br0'/>
>      </interface>
>      <serial type='pty'>
>        <target port='0'/>
>      </serial>
>      <console type='pty'>
>        <target port='0'/>
>      </console>
>      <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>      <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' keymap='en-us'/>
>    </devices>
> </domain>
> 
> You will need to create a br0 interface if you want networking.  Tweak 
> the memory, vcpus and most importantly the path to the volume.  That's 
> an LVM disk image that I'm using.  You could just specify /dev/hdb if 
> that's where your legacy OS is.
> 
> Anyway, save the xml file somewhere (Mine's under 
> /etc/libvirt/qemu/win2k-1.xml) and use virsh to create the domain:
> 
> virsh create /path/to/your/description.xml
> 
> Or you could just use virt-manager to to all this.  What's the problem? 
>   Double click on localhost, then click on the "New" button on the 
> bottom right.  Fill in the blanks.
> 
> -Brendan


Asking for clarification,I find several pertinent,explanatory
virt-manager documentation references,either dated or missing and
through inexperience have not been unable to reconstruct an
understanding of those parts.

Question: virt-manager filling in the blanks.
How to  describe the iso image location, as required by the virt-manager
setup wizard; with the given legacy os pre-loaded?

I have not actually created a dual booted system,assuming that as a
pre-requirement.
                                                      Antonio


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