KVM 64 bit guest booting from CD error

krzemek

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Hi
When i try install x86_64 bit freebsd or linux as guest with KVM I always see error like in attachment.
With 32 bit it's OK

Code:
pve-manager: 1.7-11 (pve-manager/1.7/5470)
running kernel: 2.6.32-4-pve
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 1.7-30
pve-kernel-2.6.32-4-pve: 2.6.32-30
qemu-server: 1.1-28
pve-firmware: 1.0-10
libpve-storage-perl: 1.0-16
vncterm: 0.9-2
vzctl: 3.0.24-1pve4
vzdump: 1.2-10
vzprocps: 2.0.11-1dso2
vzquota: 3.0.11-1
pve-qemu-kvm: 0.13.0-3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.0-4
 

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never seen this, 64-bit should works always. do you use ISO images or physical CD´s?
 
ISO images.
Problem exist on 2 different machines.
second server:
Code:
pve-manager: 1.7-11 (pve-manager/1.7/5470)
running kernel: 2.6.32-3-pve
pve-kernel-2.6.32-3-pve: 2.6.32-18
qemu-server: 1.1-28
pve-firmware: 1.0-10
libpve-storage-perl: 1.0-16
vncterm: 0.9-2
vzctl: 3.0.24-1pve4
vzdump: 1.2-10
vzprocps: 2.0.11-1dso2
vzquota: 3.0.11-1dso1
 
upgrade to the latest version. as we plan to release 1.8 soon I suggest you just install already the 1.8 packages from pvetest.

Code:
nano /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian lenny main

# PVE packages provided by proxmox.com
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian lenny pvetest

# security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main

now just run:

Code:
aptitude update && aptitude full-upgrade

reboot and test again.
 
After upgrading I have :
Code:
pve-manager: 1.8-15 (pve-manager/1.8/5754)
running kernel: 2.6.32-4-pve
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 1.8-31
pve-kernel-2.6.32-4-pve: 2.6.32-31
qemu-server: 1.1-30
pve-firmware: 1.0-10
libpve-storage-perl: 1.0-16
vncterm: 0.9-2
vzctl: 3.0.24-1pve4
vzdump: 1.2-11
vzprocps: 2.0.11-1dso2
vzquota: 3.0.11-1
pve-qemu-kvm: 0.14.0-2
ksm-control-daemon: 1.0-5
and unfortunately problem still exist.

P.S. Can anybody confirm this bug?
 
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I can confirm that this issue in not present on a few thousands of other boxes, so lets see what´s different.

details about your hardware?

and post your VMID.conf file (see /etc/qemu-server/VMID.conf)
 
Hi
When i try install x86_64 bit freebsd or linux as guest with KVM I always see error like in attachment.
With 32 bit it's OK
Potentially dumb question, but...

What are you trying to install as a guest and what ISO image are you downloading? If you run an MD5 hash on the ISO your download, does it match with what is on the original site?
 
first machine that was upgraded to 1.8
Code:
name: freebsd
ide2: local:iso/FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-ia64-dvd1.iso,media=cdrom
vlan0: rtl8139=FE:94:B4:70:3F:46
bootdisk: ide0
ostype: other
ide0: local:104/vm-104-disk-1.raw
memory: 12000
sockets: 1
onboot: 0
cores: 1
boot: dc
freeze: 0
cpuunits: 1000
acpi: 1
kvm: 1

16 GB RAM, CPU i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz installed directly from cdrom with your ISO
Code:
processor       : 6
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 30
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         870  @ 2.93GHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 2943.533
cache size      : 8192 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 8
core id         : 2
cpu cores       : 4
apicid          : 5
initial apicid  : 5
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5886.88
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 7
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 30
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         870  @ 2.93GHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 2943.533
cache size      : 8192 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 8
core id         : 3
cpu cores       : 4
apicid          : 7
initial apicid  : 7
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5886.89
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Second machine, details about version in my second post, not upgraded to 1.8
12 GB RAM, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W3520 @ 2.67GHz with raid0 in datacenter OVH
Code:
ide2: local:iso/FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-ia64-disc1.iso,media=cdrom
bootdisk: ide0
vlan1: rtl8139=9E:EE:F6:5E:AD:7D
ostype: other
ide0: local:124/vm-124-disk-1.raw
memory: 512
sockets: 1
boot: dc
freeze: 0
cpuunits: 1000
acpi: 1
kvm: 1

Code:
processor       : 6
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 26
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           W3520  @ 2.67GHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 2659.764
cache size      : 8192 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 8
core id         : 2
cpu cores       : 4
apicid          : 5
initial apicid  : 5
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov                                                                                                                                pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm c                                                                                                                               onstant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni                                                                                                                                dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt                                                                                                                                lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5320.04
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 7
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 26
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           W3520  @ 2.67GHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 2659.764
cache size      : 8192 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 8
core id         : 3
cpu cores       : 4
apicid          : 7
initial apicid  : 7
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov                                                                                                                                pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm c                                                                                                                               onstant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni                                                                                                                                dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt                                                                                                                                lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5320.04
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
 
there are no stupid questions, only are stupid answers

Of course, md5 sum is matching
OK, but what image are you downloading?

I ask as one of the issues I've seen when trying to install a 64-bit install of an OS that has builds for multiple system architectures is getting one for IA64 (Intel Itanium CPU) instead of AMD64 (64-bit x86 CPUs).

Heck, I've done it in the past. :)
 

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