KVM questions on vmware disk image

[sdowney717]

does KVM support usb?
i tried using a vmware disk image but am getting boot errors as you can see
i followed this guide here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/FAQ

so what am i doing wrong?
contents of the xml file

<domain type='kvm'>
<name>minixp</name>
<uuid>5798fae9-f6a2-4bd3-bf24-98b117c269ed</uuid>
<memory>524288</memory>
<currentMemory>524288</currentMemory>
<vcpu>1</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch='i686' machine='pc-0.11'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
</features>
<clock offset='utc'/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<source file='/home/scott/vm/ixp/ixp.vmdk'/>
<target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
</disk>
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='00:0c:29:5f:94:56'/>
<source network='default'/>
</interface>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
<video>
<model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
</video>
</devices>
</domain>

[sdowney717]

http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/04/14/virtualization-with-virt-manager-and-kvm-in-ubuntu-804/

i did find this graphical virt manager
however i wonder if it supports usb dongles. there is mention of usb hard drives.

[sdowney717]

http://inspirated.com/2009/03/15/howto-use-usb-devices-in-virtual-machine-manager-with-qemu

trying this for adding usb devices. They still do not show up in the quest os. windows xp with sp2

any ideas?

[sdowney717]

http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/improved-support-usb-virt-manager-07

this should work with 0.7.0 so I am going to try another OS source
kvm needs an iso of a cdrom or dvd to install an os
to convert a cdrom image to an iso file do this
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-creating-cd-rom-iso-image.html
my device is sr0. make sure not mounted
scott@scott-desktop:~$ umount dev/sr0
umount: dev/sr0 is not mounted (according to mtab)

this makes the iso in /tmp
scott@scott-desktop:~$ dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/tmp/cdimg1.iso
5991368+0 records in
5991368+0 records out
3067580416 bytes (3.1 GB) copied, 232.362 s, 13.2 MB/s


to stop kvm modules from loading and interfering with vmware
vmware just will not run with these loaded.
these steps to temporarily unload the KVM module


sudo /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin stop

less /proc/modules and search for kvm... I have an Intel chip so I had two hits: kvm-intel and kvm .. next, simply remove them in order:


sudo modprobe -r kvm_intel
sudo modprobe -r kvm

These modules will return after a reboot or by running the modprobe commands again to load the modules:

sudo modprobe kvm_intel
sudo modprobe kvm
sudo /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin start