Add KVM UEFI instructions

These came from Eric Villard <dev@eviweb.fr>.

Closes #4764
Richard Laager 2016-06-20 15:01:29 -05:00
parent 0a846ed21d
commit d848396f15
2 changed files with 20 additions and 4 deletions

@ -428,6 +428,14 @@ Upgrade or downgrade the Areca driver if something like `RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810
### QEMU/KVM/XEN ### QEMU/KVM/XEN
* In the `/etc/default/grub` file, enable the `GRUB_TERMINAL=console` line and remove the `splash` option from the `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT` line. Plymouth can cause boot errors in these virtual environments that are difficult to diagnose. In the `/etc/default/grub` file, enable the `GRUB_TERMINAL=console` line and remove the `splash` option from the `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT` line. Plymouth can cause boot errors in these virtual environments that are difficult to diagnose.
* Set a unique serial number on each virtual disk (e.g.: `-drive if=none,id=disk1,file=disk1.qcow2,serial=1234567890`). Set a unique serial number on each virtual disk (e.g.: `-drive if=none,id=disk1,file=disk1.qcow2,serial=1234567890`).
To be able to use UEFI in guests (instead of only BIOS booting):
$ sudo apt-get install ovmf
$ sudo vi /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
Uncomment this line:
nvram = [ "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd:/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd" ]
$ sudo service libvirt-bin restart

@ -430,6 +430,14 @@ Upgrade or downgrade the Areca driver if something like `RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810
### QEMU/KVM/XEN ### QEMU/KVM/XEN
* In the `/etc/default/grub` file, enable the `GRUB_TERMINAL=console` line and remove the `splash` option from the `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT` line. Plymouth can cause boot errors in these virtual environments that are difficult to diagnose. In the `/etc/default/grub` file, enable the `GRUB_TERMINAL=console` line and remove the `splash` option from the `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT` line. Plymouth can cause boot errors in these virtual environments that are difficult to diagnose.
* Set a unique serial number on each virtual disk (e.g.: `-drive if=none,id=disk1,file=disk1.qcow2,serial=1234567890`). Set a unique serial number on each virtual disk (e.g.: `-drive if=none,id=disk1,file=disk1.qcow2,serial=1234567890`).
To be able to use UEFI in guests (instead of only BIOS booting):
$ sudo apt-get install ovmf
$ sudo vi /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
Uncomment this line:
nvram = [ "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd:/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd" ]
$ sudo service libvirt-bin restart