Yep done that and virtio_scsi did work. I've now loaded the virtio_blk drivers to Rocky Linux and it can boot properly.
On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 at 18:51, Wei ZHOU <ustcweiz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Can you update the OS type of template (for new vm) or Stopped vm to "Other > PV (Virtio-SCSI)" and retry ? > > -Wei > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 11:42 AM Muhammad Hanis Irfan Mohd Zaid < > hanisirfan.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've posted almost the same question on Rocky Linux forum here: > > > > > https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-9-5-vm-with-virtio-not-booting-up/16773 > > > > Just to squeeze the tiny performance improvement, I will use virtio_blk > > but still install virtio_scsi driver for compatibility. > > > > Heard that Ubuntu might use Dracut to build initramfs images. I assume a > > later version of Ubuntu might have this same issue. > > > > On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 at 17:46, Nux <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > > > > > virtio-scsi is pretty good in most cases, even recommended in some > > > situations, as it's a proper SCSI implementation, so there shouldn't be > > > major issues there. > > > virtio-blk is generally faster, but you probably won't see the benefits > > > in day to day ops unless you're doing hard core stuff. > > > > > > Problem with Rocky is it will only keep the install host drivers in the > > > ramdisk. You can add more in /etc/dracut.conf.d/virtio.conf eg: > > > add_drivers+=" virtio_blk " > > > > > > On 2024-12-08 10:19, Muhammad Hanis Irfan Mohd Zaid wrote: > > > > I've been testing to create a template for Rocky Linux 9.5 and Ubuntu > > > > 24.04.1. My process of creating the templates is creating them on > > > > VirtualBox Version 7.1.0, select virtio-scsi for storage controller > and > > > > virtio-net for the network adapter. After that, I convert the VDI > image > > > > to > > > > QCOW2 image using qemu-img. When trying to use the template on > > > > CloudStack > > > > and selecting virtio rootDiskController for both Rocky and Ubuntu, > only > > > > Ubuntu is able to boot successfully while Rocky stucks at the dracut > > > > shell. > > > > Changing the rootDiskController to scsi for Rocky fixes this issue. > > > > > > > > Further investigation found that selecting virtio as > > > > rootDiskController, > > > > the driver loaded is virtio_blk meanwhile selecting scsi as > > > > rootDiskController, the driver loaded is virtio_scsi. > > > > virtio as rootDiskController on Ubuntu: https://imgur.com/a/liM4cet > > > > scsi as rootDiskController on Rocky: https://imgur.com/a/K0JnVBw > > > > > > > > I don't know in-depth about all this things but after reading this > > > > article > > > > looks like it should be okay to use virtio_scsi in most case: > > > > https://mpolednik.github.io/2017/01/23/virtio-blk-vs-virtio-scsi/ > > > > > > > > What type of rootDiskController did you use? Happy to hear your > > > > thoughts on > > > > this. > > > > > >
