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:

Test case 1: ISO media detection - whether osinfo-detect can find info for the ISO install media
Test case 2: Installation - verify that the installer runs to completion without unexpected problems
Test case 3: Post-install first boot - verify the resulting installed image can successfully boot up again
Test case 4: Disk image inspection - whether virt-inspect can find info for the resulting installed OS disk image

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

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	virtio nic, virtio qcow2 disk, NATed network, 2 vcpu, 1G memory
Chao Yang	RHEL-6.2	x86_64	x86_64	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	virtio nic, virtio qcow2 disk, NATed network, 2 vcpu, 1G memory
Chao Yang	RHEL-5.8	x86_64	x86_64	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

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	warn ^[1]	↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872
Mike Cao	Oneiric (11.10)	x86_64	x86_64	pass	pass	pass	warn ^[1]	↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872
Mike Cao	Natty (11.04)	x86_64	i686	pass	pass	pass	warn ^[1]	↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872
Mike Cao	Natty (11.04)	x86_64	x86_64	pass	pass	pass	warn ^[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	warn ^[1]	fail ^[2]	fail ^[2]	warn ^[3]	↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811871 ↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 RHBZ #811865 ↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872
Mike Cao	Lucid Lynx (10.04)	x86_64	x86_64	warn ^[1]	pass	pass	warn ^[2]	↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811871 ↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #811872

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	warn ^[1]	pass	fail ^[2]	↑ Installation is so slow so create RHBZ #811888 to track it. ↑ RHBZ #812706
Qunfang Zhang	9.0	x86_64	x86_64	pass	warn ^[1]	pass	fail ^[2]	↑ Installation is so slow so create RHBZ #811888 to track it. ↑ 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

User	OS Release	Host Arch	Guest Arch	1: ISO media detect	2: Installation	3: Post-install first boot	4: Disk image inspect
Daniel Berrange	2k	i686	i686	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Vista	x86_64	i686	none	none	none	none
	Vista	x86_64	x86_64	none	none	none	none
Daniel Berrange	7	i686	i686	pass	none	none	none
Christophe Fergeau	7	i686	i686	pass	fail ^{[long 1]}	none	none
	7	x86_64	i686	none	none	none	none
	7	x86_64	x86_64	none	none	none	none

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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

↑ 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.