On Fri, 2016-03-04 at 13:35 -0800, ToddAndMargo wrote:
Hi All,
Scientific Linux 7.2
# rpm -qa *kvm* qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.3.x86_64 pcp-pmda-kvm-3.10.6-2.el7.x86_64 qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-105.el7_2.3.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-kvm-1.2.17-13.el7_2.3.x86_64
Question: when I set "Controller USB" to "USB3", what USB3 driver do I use to install Window 7?
Many thanks, -T
Hi,
These days when creating and installing Windows virtual machines, I tend to use ISO images for the install process.
Windows 7 ISO images can be downloaded from:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows7
If you wished to skip 7 and go with a clean install of Windows 10 and use your 7 key, you can get 10 ISO images from:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO
With regard choosing USB. I choose USB 3 for Windows virtual machines as I have been getting locks when selecting and using the USB 2 setting.
The drivers for your Windows guest should/will be primarily VirtIO. These can be downloaded from:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers#Direct_download
A note on your previous mail. I have had issues adding USB devices (e.g. USB sticks) in running virtual machines. Removing any USB redirectors fixed it for me.
Regards
Phil Wyett