KVM should be installed by default, as it is part of the kernel. Take a look at qemu. I'm wondering if you are running under emulation.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 3:17 PM Edward <e...@sillydog.org> wrote: > Virt-manager created it as a .qcrow2 by default, did not know what that > was. There was also an indication that 'the KVM package' was not > installed and as a result, it would run slowly. I would have expected > the installation of virt-manager to also pull in all required > dependencies. Debian does not provide a package named 'kvm' and > searching using that string under Description & Name with Synaptic, > found no such packages that looked like it would install KVM. > > I believe the file system it is using, is ext4. > > > On 10/20/21 3:00 PM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: > > I use KVM all the time and manage it with virt-manager. > > > > (1) Make sure that network and disk use VirtIO para-virtual driver, do > not > > emulate physical devices. > > > > (2) Don't use qcow2, its really slow. Pre-allocate your boot drive: > > > > touch myboot.raw > > truncate -s SIZE myboot.raw > > > > The above will let you define a large thin-provisioned disk. > > > > If you have LVM or ZFS you can create a logical volume or zvol, but I > > think the thin provisioned "sparse" file may be faster because of the > > double caching. > > > >> On 10/18/21 9:20 PM, Edward wrote: > >>> I missed a setting, found it afterwards, it defaults to Virtual Network > >>> (NAT) and the box to start it automatically was initially not checked. > >>> > >>> It's working now. > >>> > >> And it (take your pick): > >> > >> * is slow as molasses > >> * runs at a snail's pace > >> > >> > >> Not even worth using. Gnome Boxes on Fedora 33 ran far better and faster > >> than Virt Manager does on Debian. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- -- Jerry Feldman <gaf.li...@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
