running existing Fedora install in virtualizer

[David G. Mackay]

On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:37 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:20 -0800, Konstantin Svist wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Is it possible to run older Fedora installation in KVM [in Fedora 8]?
> > I currently have FC6 installed and want to do a fresh install of F8 on a 
> > separate partition. Will KVM (or any other virtualization software) 
> > allow me to use my old FC6 without rebooting?
> 
> The answer is "yes" if you mean Xen or other virtualization system.
> Note that if your FC6 kernel is not xenified, you need to run it as a
> fully virtualized DomU, not a paravirtualized DomU, and that'll require
> a CPU that supports full virtualization (look for the "svm" [AMD] or
> "vt" [Intel] flags in the output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo").

How well does xen handle hardware virtualization for a fully virtualized
DomU?  The problem with QEMU-KVM is that the virtual devices that are
supported are somewhat limited at this point.  You're not going to get
accelerated graphics, and things like TV capture cards aren't supported.

Dave