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Guest OS Support Results[edit]

This page provides the results of testing guest operating systems on a Fedora 17 KVM host.

There are 4 test cases to be evaluated against each guest OS:

Fedora[edit]

User OS Release Host Arch Guest Arch 1: ISO media detect 2: Installation 3: Post-install first boot 4: Disk image inspect Notes
17 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
Kashyap Chamarthy 17 x86_64 x86_64
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
I was also able to create a F17 guest with btrfs. My KS and virt-install cmd-line http://goo.gl/wljur .

My test results/stdout http://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/f17-virt-test-day-results/

Chao Yang 16 x86_64 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
virtio nic, virtio qcow2 disk, NATed network, 2 vcpu, 1G memory
Kashyap Chamarthy 16 x86_64 x86_64
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
15 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
15 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none

RHEL[edit]

User OS Release Host Arch Guest Arch 1: ISO media detect 2: Installation 3: Post-install first boot 4: Disk image inspect Notes
Chao Yang RHEL-6.2 x86_64 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
virtio nic, virtio qcow2 disk, NATed network, 2 vcpu, 1G memory
Chao Yang RHEL-6.2 x86_64 x86_64
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
virtio nic, virtio qcow2 disk, NATed network, 2 vcpu, 1G memory
Chao Yang RHEL-5.8 x86_64 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
virtio nic, virtio qcow2 disk, NATed network, 2 vcpu, 1G memory
Chao Yang RHEL-5.8 x86_64 x86_64
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
virtio nic, virtio qcow2 disk, NATed network, 2 vcpu, 1G memory
RHEL-4.9 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
RHEL-4.9 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none


Ubuntu[edit]

User OS Release Host Arch Guest Arch 1: ISO media detect 2: Installation 3: Post-install first boot 4: Disk image inspect Notes
Mike Cao Oneiric (11.10) x86_64 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
  1. Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872
Mike Cao Oneiric (11.10) x86_64 x86_64
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
  1. Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872
Mike Cao Natty (11.04) x86_64 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
  1. Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872
Mike Cao Natty (11.04) x86_64 x86_64
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
  1. Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872
Maverick (10.10) x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
Maverick (10.10) x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
Mike Cao Lucid Lynx (10.04) x86_64 i686
Warning warn
[1]
Fail fail [2]
Fail fail [2]
Warning warn
[3]
  1. Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811871
  2. 2.0 2.1 RHBZ #811865
  3. Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872
Mike Cao Lucid Lynx (10.04) x86_64 x86_64
Warning warn
[1]
Pass pass
Pass pass
Warning warn
[2]
  1. Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811871
  2. Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872

FreeBSD[edit]

User OS Release Host Arch Guest Arch 1: ISO media detect 2: Installation 3: Post-install first boot 4: Disk image inspect Notes
Qunfang Zhang 9.0 x86_64 i686
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
Pass pass
Fail fail
[2]
  1. Installation is so slow so create RHBZ #811888 to track it.
  2. RHBZ #812706
Qunfang Zhang 9.0 x86_64 x86_64
Pass pass
Warning warn
[1]
Pass pass
Fail fail
[2]
  1. Installation is so slow so create RHBZ #811888 to track it.
  2. RHBZ #812706
8.2 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
8.2 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
8.1 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
8.1 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
8.0 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
8.0 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
7.4 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
7.3 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
7.3 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
7.2 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
7.2 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
7.4 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
7.1 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
7.1 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
7.0 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
7.0 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none


Windows[edit]

User OS Release Host Arch Guest Arch 1: ISO media detect 2: Installation 3: Post-install first boot 4: Disk image inspect Notes
Daniel Berrange 2k i686 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
2k x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
2k x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
Daniel Berrange 2k3 i686 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
2k3 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
2k3 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
Daniel Berrange 2k3r2 i686 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
2k3r2 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
2k3r2 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
Daniel Berrange 2k8 i686 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
2k8 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
2k8 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
2k8r2 i686 i686
none
none
none
none
2k8r2 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
2k8r2 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
Daniel Berrange XP i686 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
XP x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
XP x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
Daniel Berrange Vista i686 i686
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Pass pass
Vista x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
Vista x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none
Daniel Berrange 7 i686 i686
Pass pass
none
none
none
Christophe Fergeau 7 i686 i686
Pass pass
Fail fail
[long 1]
none
none
7 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none
7 x86_64 x86_64
none
none
none
none

Other distro[edit]

Create a copy of this section, for any other OS distros you want to submit results for. Yes, even for MS-Dos if you want to. Knowledge is power!

User OS Release Host Arch Guest Arch 1: ISO media detect 2: Installation 3: Post-install first boot 4: Disk image inspect Notes
9.0 x86_64 i686
none
none
none
none

Long comments[edit]

  1. Freezes at the beginning on the "Windows is loading files" screen right before switching to graphical mode. I've tested with a qcow2 image. Adding -no-kvm-irqchip to QEMU command line avoids the freeze. Reproduced on a lenovo x201 and a t420.