Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-24 Thread briand
On Mon, 24 May 2010 02:06:36 +0300 Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun,23.May.10, 13:43:53, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: Yes, install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package ;) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,22.May.10, 17:16:22, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: trying to install windows xp pro the installation goes just fine but when I try to run the vm I get For what purpose do you want to run Windows? Maybe we can suggest better alternatives (like VirtualBox, package virtualbox-ose). Regards,

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread briand
On Sun, 23 May 2010 10:46:52 +0300 Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat,22.May.10, 17:16:22, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: trying to install windows xp pro the installation goes just fine but when I try to run the vm I get For what purpose do you want to run Windows? Maybe

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread briand
On Sun, 23 May 2010 10:46:52 +0300 Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat,22.May.10, 17:16:22, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: trying to install windows xp pro the installation goes just fine but when I try to run the vm I get For what purpose do you want to run Windows? Maybe

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,23.May.10, 12:45:02, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist. Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate headers, most likely linux-headers-amd64. after spending a lot of time with the (incorrect) wiki page

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,23.May.10, 11:32:09, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 10:46:52 +0300 Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat,22.May.10, 17:16:22, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: trying to install windows xp pro the installation goes just fine but when I try to run the

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread briand
On Sun, 23 May 2010 23:25:19 +0300 Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun,23.May.10, 12:45:02, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist. Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate headers, most likely

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread godo
On 05/23/2010 09:45 PM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 10:46:52 +0300 Andrei Popescuandreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat,22.May.10, 17:16:22, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: trying to install windows xp pro the installation goes just fine but when I try to run the vm I get For

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,23.May.10, 13:43:53, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: Yes, install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package ;) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done virtualbox-ose-dkms is already the newest version. During the (first) install did it

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2010-05-23, bri...@aracnet.com bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 23:25:19 +0300 Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun,23.May.10, 12:45:02, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist. Please install the

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-23 Thread briand
On Mon, 24 May 2010 02:06:36 +0300 Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun,23.May.10, 13:43:53, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: Yes, install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package ;) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done

kvm disk read error

2010-05-22 Thread briand
trying to install windows xp pro the installation goes just fine but when I try to run the vm I get Booting from hard disk a disk read error occurred I started with virt-manager, and got the above error messages. then I found some potential fixes using the command line: Here's the command

Re: kvm disk read error

2010-05-22 Thread godo
On 05/23/2010 02:16 AM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: trying to install windows xp pro the installation goes just fine but when I try to run the vm I get Booting from hard disk a disk read error occurred I started with virt-manager, and got the above error messages. then I found some