Kvm supports hvm on machines with virt extensions only. There is no such
thing as paravirt in KVM. The guest always runs an unmodified kernel but has
virtio drivers.

On Sep 26, 2010 4:11 PM, "Henry Pepper" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I seem unable to create a paravirtualized DomU, hvm works but '-p' fails
with:
>
> virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n alpha -r 512 -f
> /var/kvm/gentoo.kvm -s 12 -c
> /home/cadm/Downloads/install-x86-minimal-20100921.iso --vnc --os-type
> linux --os-variant virtio26 --accelerate --virt-type kvm -p
> ERROR Host does not support virtualization type 'xen'
>
> Any idea of what I am doing wrong?
>
> or is hvm and pv not the same on kvm as on xen?
>
> Thanks
>
> Henry
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