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| author | Murat D. Kadirov <banderols@gmail.com> | 2010-05-12 17:42:26 +0200 |
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| committer | David Somero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-05-12 17:42:26 +0200 |
| commit | 50bae9dda6e32654d770c7da321c38bef8accf97 (patch) | |
| tree | ce127c249353b3ac929189baaa8a7063ff4cdda2 /misc/kvm/README | |
| parent | 67c7fa41d5d43ddfa12825a1fc2674c3f2bd065f (diff) | |
misc/kvm: Updated for version 85
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| -rw-r--r-- | misc/kvm/README | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/misc/kvm/README b/misc/kvm/README index b82ae599ea..70270b42ab 100644 --- a/misc/kvm/README +++ b/misc/kvm/README @@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ Using KVM, one can run multiple virtual machines running unmodified Linux or Windows images. Each virtual machine has private virtualized hardware: a network card, disk, graphics adapter, etc. -Reload udev rules. # /etc/rc.d/rc.udev reload +If you'd like to build this for a kernel other than the one you're currently +running, you can do something like this: + KERNELVERSION=2.6.27.15 ./kvm.SlackBuild -How use kvm with a non-privileged user: - -Add kvm group # groupadd kvm -Add user to kvm group. Re-login. - -# modprobe kvm-intel or # modprobe kvm-amd +This script requires a 'kvm' group to exist before running. The recommended +GID is 221. You can create it like this: + groupadd -g 221 kvm + +After installation, add user to kvm group and re-login. Don't forget to load +kernel module kvm-intel (or kvm-amd if you use AMD processors). |