On a 32-bit kernel install, you'll be limited to 2GB RAM at maximum for a given VM.

To serve more than 2GB of RAM for your VMs, you must use a 64-bit kernel (see 32bit_and_64bit). Running a 64 bit kernel on the host operating system is recommended but not required. This is misleading and only means if KVM is *currently* available (i.e. NOTE: You may see a message like 'KVM acceleration can/can NOT be used'. You can still run virtual machines, but it'll be much slower without the KVM extensions. If you see : INFO: Your CPU does not support KVM extensions To see if it is enabled or not from xen, enter:Ĭat /sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities If 1 or more it does - but you still need to make sure that virtualization is enabled in the BIOS.īy default, if you booted into XEN kernel it will not display svm or vmx flag using the grep command. If 0 it means that your CPU doesn't support hardware virtualization. To see if your processor supports one of these, you can review the output from this command: Intel and AMD both have developed extensions for their processors, deemed respectively Intel VT-x (code name Vanderpool) and AMD-V (code name Pacifica). To run KVM, you need a processor that supports hardware virtualization. Optional: Install virt-manager (graphical user interface)Ĭheck that your CPU supports hardware virtualization.

Check that your CPU supports hardware virtualization.

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