Are there any updated instructions for installing Windows virtio drivers on a KVM Windows XP vm under CentOS6? The virtio .iso directory structure is slightly different from what is described in the RHEL6 virtualisation manual, and when I attempt to install e.g. the viostor driver, the device manager cannot find anything better than what is already installed. I tried each of the Wlh/Wnet/Wxp/XP directories.
Lars Hecking writes:
Are there any updated instructions for installing Windows virtio drivers on a KVM Windows XP vm under CentOS6? The virtio .iso directory structure is slightly different from what is described in the RHEL6 virtualisation manual, and when I attempt to install e.g. the viostor driver, the device manager cannot find anything better than what is already installed. I tried each of the Wlh/Wnet/Wxp/XP directories.
Don't know about Xp, but I installed several Winbl0w$ 7 on virtio using the floppy image file from http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/ It always managed to find the driver from the vfd/floppy and continue installation.
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Hi,
On 31-1-2012 16:30, Lars Hecking wrote:
Are there any updated instructions for installing Windows virtio drivers on a KVM Windows XP vm under CentOS6? The virtio .iso directory structure is slightly different from what is described in the RHEL6 virtualisation manual, and when I attempt to install e.g. the viostor driver, the device manager cannot find anything better than what is already installed. I tried each of the Wlh/Wnet/Wxp/XP directories.
In this very extensive guide for setting op a 2-node KVM cluster in RH6 he also sets up a Windows 2008 server using the virtio drivers. You need to scroll down a fair bit. Here is the link for the part where he explains how to provision a Windows 2008 server.
https://alteeve.com/w/2-Node_Red_Hat_KVM_Cluster_Tutorial#Provisioning_vm000...
Maybe this is of use for you.
In this very extensive guide for setting op a 2-node KVM cluster in RH6 he also sets up a Windows 2008 server using the virtio drivers. You need to scroll down a fair bit. Here is the link for the part where he explains how to provision a Windows 2008 server.
https://alteeve.com/w/2-Node_Red_Hat_KVM_Cluster_Tutorial#Provisioning_vm000...
Maybe this is of use for you.
Thanks, Hans. After looking at all the options, I started from scratch and am now installing with virt-manager following the RHEL "Virtualization Host Configuration and Guest Installation Guide", 10.1.2. Installing drivers during the Windows installation. The emphasis being on *during*.
I did manage to install the balloon drivers onto the previous image, but just them, and no idea how to add the other virtio drivers.
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