Oracle VM User Manual

virt-install
Command-Line Tools A-5
The following table lists the possible values available for os-variant for each
os-type option.
# virt-install --os-type=windows --os-variant=winxp
[--noapic]
Disables APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) for a fully virtualized
guest. Overrides the value set in --os-type and --os-variant.
[--arch=arch]
Sets the CPU architecture to simulate.
# virt-install --arch=x86
Possible values for
os-type=windows
Possible values for
os-type=unix
Possible values for
os-type=other
Possible values for
os-type=linux
win2k3 solaris9 netware6 generic24
win2k solaris10 generic generic26
vista freebsd6 netware4 rhel2.1
winxp openbsd4 msdos fedora7_64
netware5 el5_64
fedora6
fedora7
fedora5
centos5_64
generic26_64
centos5
sles10
sles10_64
el4_64
rhel4
rhel5
rhel4_64
rhel3
fedora6_64
rhel5_64
fedora5_64
el4
el5
Note: Not all operating system variants are supported by Oracle for
use with Oracle products, but are made available for your
convenience.

Oracle VM Specifications

General

Live Migration	Yes
Developer	Oracle Corporation
Storage Support	NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, Local Storage
Category	Server
Host OS Support	Oracle Linux, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux
Guest OS Support	Oracle Linux, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Windows, Solaris
Management	Oracle VM Manager
High Availability	Yes
Network Support	VLAN