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=Paravirtualized Block Device= | |||
== Host side == | == Host side == | ||
run kvm with command-line: -drive file=<path_to_your_raw_qemu_img>,if=virtio | run kvm with command-line: -drive file=<path_to_your_raw_qemu_img>,if=virtio | ||
Revision as of 09:20, 11 March 2009
Paravirtualized Block Device
Host side
run kvm with command-line: -drive file=<path_to_your_raw_qemu_img>,if=virtio
you can also specify boot=on in the command-line: -drive file=<path_to_your_raw_qemu_img>,if=virtio,boot=on
Guest side
sudo modprobe virtio_blk
to have virtio_blk driver, you need to upgrade the kernel to higher than 2.6.25.
refer to Virtio