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| − | The stoney cloud contains drivers needed to run in a virtualized environment, namely Qemu/KVM, but the initial ramdisk does not load them automatically. | + | The stoney cloud contains drivers needed to run in a virtualized environment, namely Qemu/KVM, but the initial ramdisk does not load them automatically. Therefore some manual work is needed to successfully boot a fresh installation inside Qemu/KVM. |
| − | + | == Before finishing the installation == | |
| + | When being asked <code>Do you want to reboot your system?</code> switch to a second console (Alt + F2) and execute: | ||
| + | vim /mnt/osbd/boot/grub/grub.conf | ||
| + | Append the following to the two lines starting with "kernel": | ||
| + | doload=virtio_pci,virtio_blk | ||
| + | |||
| + | This will make sure that the initial ramdisk loads the required virtio-drivers during boot. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Afterwards switch back to the installer (Alt + F1) and answer <code>yes</code>. | ||
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| + | == After having finished the installation == | ||
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| + | Even if you already finished the installation and rebooted, there is a way to boot your installation: | ||
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| + | When you get the GRUB boot screen: | ||
* press <code>e</code> on the already selected boot line | * press <code>e</code> on the already selected boot line | ||
* use the arrow keys to navigate to the entry starting with <code>kernel /kernel ...</code> and press <code>e</code> again | * use the arrow keys to navigate to the entry starting with <code>kernel /kernel ...</code> and press <code>e</code> again | ||
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This change can be made permanent by logging in as root after the startup and editing the grub configuration: | This change can be made permanent by logging in as root after the startup and editing the grub configuration: | ||
| − | + | mount /boot | |
| − | mount /boot | + | |
| − | vim /boot/grub/grub.conf | + | vim /mnt/osbd/boot/grub/grub.conf |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | Append the following to the two lines starting with "kernel": | |
| + | doload=virtio_pci,virtio_blk | ||
[[Category: stoney cloud]][[Category: Installation]] | [[Category: stoney cloud]][[Category: Installation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:34, 8 May 2014
The stoney cloud contains drivers needed to run in a virtualized environment, namely Qemu/KVM, but the initial ramdisk does not load them automatically. Therefore some manual work is needed to successfully boot a fresh installation inside Qemu/KVM.
Before finishing the installation
When being asked Do you want to reboot your system? switch to a second console (Alt + F2) and execute:
vim /mnt/osbd/boot/grub/grub.conf
Append the following to the two lines starting with "kernel":
doload=virtio_pci,virtio_blk
This will make sure that the initial ramdisk loads the required virtio-drivers during boot.
Afterwards switch back to the installer (Alt + F1) and answer yes.
After having finished the installation
Even if you already finished the installation and rebooted, there is a way to boot your installation:
When you get the GRUB boot screen:
- press
eon the already selected boot line - use the arrow keys to navigate to the entry starting with
kernel /kernel ...and presseagain - append the following to the line:
doload=virtio_pci,virtio_blk - press
ESCto exit and thenbto boot
This change can be made permanent by logging in as root after the startup and editing the grub configuration:
mount /boot
vim /mnt/osbd/boot/grub/grub.conf
Append the following to the two lines starting with "kernel":
doload=virtio_pci,virtio_blk
