fedora 12 KVM virtulization question

Steven Stern subscribed-lists at sterndata.com
Wed Mar 3 16:45:07 UTC 2010


On 03/03/2010 12:26 AM, mantra UNIX wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a laptop dual booting "Windows XP" and "Fedora 12".
> 
> I would like to boot "Windows XP" from inside "Fedora 12" using the KVM
> virtulization feature.
> 
> I am using the following command and it works, but very very slow, takes
> long time to even get the login screen, any ideas ...
> 
>     # qemu  /dev/sda
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> mantra - Instrument of Thought
> 

I couldn't get KVM to work on my PC. Instead, I'm using the non-OSE
version of VirtualBox. XP runs well, boots very quickly, and interacts
well with Fedora.  They supply a repo for use with Yum... see
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

-- 
-- Steve


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