# [OmniOS-discuss] newbie virtualisation question

Paul B. Henson henson at acm.org
Sat Dec 8 02:04:50 EST 2012

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    From http://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/VirtualMachinesKVM

    # add_drv kvm

    On Dec 7, 2012, at 10:25 PM, Michael Mounteney <gate03 at landcroft.co.uk> wrote:

    > I'd like to try a bit of virtualisation.  So:
    >
    >    root at world:~# qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm
    >    open /dev/kvm: No such file or directory
    >    failed to initialize KVM: Not owner
    >
    > Not a good start.  Make sure the bits are installed:
    >
    >    root at world:~# pkg list kvm
    >    NAME (PUBLISHER)                                  VERSION                    IFO
    >    driver/virtualization/kvm                         1.0.3-0.151005             i--
    >    system/kvm                                        1.0.3-0.151005             i--
    >
    > The machine is a Sun Fire X2250 which has an Intel Xeon E5405 CPU, which according to http://ark.intel.com/Products/VirtualizationTechnology does the necessary VT architecture.  So what is required to create /dev/kvm ?
    >
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