RHEL4 KVM guest crashes in virtio during installation
Issue
- After PXE boot of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 guest, the guest panics early in the install phase.
- Message
Kernel BUG at virtio_blk:157
orkernel BUG at drivers/block/virtio_blk.c:157!
- Message
EIP is at do_virtblk_request+0x1a/0x85 [virtio_blk]
or messageRIP <ffffffffa01321cc>{:virtio_blk:do_virtblk_request+41}
Environment
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KVM virtualisation
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RHEL 4 guest
- virtio drivers (virtualization-aware drivers that co-operate with the hypervisor to deliver enhanced performance for the guest)
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