Index: virt-manager-0.8.4/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager.xml =================================================================== --- virt-manager-0.8.4.orig/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager.xml +++ virt-manager-0.8.4/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager.xml @@ -821,218 +821,9 @@ The Create Wizard The Create Wizard helps you gather the information necessary to create new virtual machines. All the information in each screen is retained and can - be backed-up-to and modified until you click Finish + be backed-up-to and modified until you click OK on the last screen. - - The System Name screen - Choose a name for your virtual system. The name must be non-blank, - alphanumeric (plus underscores), contain at least one letter, and be less - than 50 characters. - - - - The Virtualization Method screen - Choose a virtualization method for your new system. The choices - are: - - Paravirtualized A - paravirtualized system typically performs better than a fully virtualized - system because certain operations — disk and network access, for - example — have direct access to the hardware. However a - paravirtualized VM requires a specially modified kernel. If you - choose paravirtualized, you must make sure this specially modified kernel - is available for the operating system you wish to install. - - - Fully Virtualized - - A fully virtualized system simulates all the hardware for the VM, - permitting no direct access. It allows for a greater range of operating - systems, but generally will not perform as well as a paravirtualized - system. Note that for some hypervisor types, full virtualization requires - hardware support. In addition if your hardware allows it, you can - enable hardware acceleration for your fully virtualized guest (this - item will be grayed out unless your hardware is acceleration-capable). - - - - - - - The Installation Media screens - The Installation Media screens let you specify where the physical or - virtual install media for your VM are located, so that the installer can - find them. There are two screens, one for each type of virtual - machine. - - Paravirtualized installation media -
- Choose Install Media for Paravirtualized VMs - - - - - - Shows the paravirtualized VM media choice window. - - - -
- A paravirtualized VM requires an install tree that follows the - pattern of the Fedora install tree (e.g. - this tree). The Install Media URL box lets - you enter a URL for a tree like this. When you then go to install the - guest, the installer will check to see if the URL you entered is - readable, and if so download the paravirtualized install kernel and - initrd that it will need to start the install. You can use the following - URL types: - - http: - e.g. http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ - - - ftp: - e.g. ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ - - - nfs: - e.g. nfs:myfileserver:/images/linux/core/6/i386/os/ - - - local file: - e.g. /tmp/paravirttrees/fedora/os - - - - - You can specify a kickstart URL for your paravirtualized VM in - exactly the same way as the install tree described - above. &app; will remember the last 5 URLs you - enter in these windows, so if you are installing multiple VMs you will - not have to type the URLs more than once. - - - - Fully Virtualized Installation Media -
- Choose Install Media for Fully Virtualized VMs - - - - - - Shows the fully virtualized VM media choice window. - - - -
- A fully virtualized VM requires the standard installation media that - the same non-virtualized OS would require: either an actual CD or DVD, or - a corresponding ISO image. On the Installation Media screen for a fully - virtualized VM, you can therefore choose the path to your CD or DVD from - the pull-down list, or you can enter or browse to the path of the ISO - image you have saved in your local filesystem. - For fully virtualized VMs, &app; also - asks for the operating system type and variant you are installing. The - installer uses this to set the acpi and - apic flags according to the OS type (other - parameters may be added to this list in the future). - - - - - Assigning Storage Space -
- Assign Storage - - - - - - Shows the Assigning Storage window. - - - -
- - Designate the primary storage device for your VM. You may choose an - existing physical or LVM partition in the Partition - box; or, you may choose to use a file on the local filesystem. If you - choose to use a file that does not already exist, you may specify the size - of the file in megabytes. If you choose an existing file, that file's size - will not change. If you use a file for your primary storage device, you - may also choose whether to allocate the entire file - at creation time, or whether to allow it to grow to its maximum over - time. - - Sparse files can be dangerous - You may be tempted not to allocate your entire file when your VM is - created; filling a 5- to 10-GB file with 0s can take quite a while, and - you will avoid this wait by not allocating the entire file and instead using a - "sparse" file. However, be aware that this will slow down your VM's disk - performance significantly, as the underlying OS must keep allocating more - storage space as your VM runs. In addition, if the disk your sparse file - is on runs out of space, your VM may crash and lose data. You may - therefore only want to use a sparse file when testing, where guest - creation speed could be at a premium. - - - - - Allocate Memory And CPU -
- Set Memory and CPU - - - - - - Shows the VM Memory and CPU choice window. - - - -
- The Memory section of this screen lets you set - two parameters, VM Max Memory and VM - Startup Memory. These settings work as follows: - - VM Max Memory VM Max - Memory sets the maximum memory your VM can have unless you - reboot it with a higher setting. For paravirtualized VMs, the maximum - memory is a boot-time kernel setting; for fully virtualized VMs, the - maximum memory appears to the VM to be the amount of physical memory - available. - - - VM Startup Memory - For paravirtualized VMs, VM Startup - Memory sets the amount of memory to start the VM with. The - VM's available memory can then be changed from &app; - while the VM is running. For fully virtualized guests, this setting has - no effect. - - - - The virtual CPU section of this screen lets you set the number of - vCPUs your VM starts up with. For paravirtualized guests, this number can - be changed while the guest is running (although never to more than the VM - started with). For fully virtualized guests, this number can only be - changed while the guest is not running. - - - - Validation - The Validation screen lets you verify the setup for your new - system. If you need to, you can back up and - make changes. Clicking "Finish" will begin creating your virtual - machine. If you have the &app; preferences set - to automatically open consoles, a Console window will pop up - as soon as the installer has downloaded the necessary images and booted - the VM's installer. - - + For further details, see documentation for "vm-install".