Solved, setting up a VM using qemu

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Hi Brandt,

thanks for your contribution!

There was a mistake in my instructions that you corrected, good.

I will investigate the issue you mention.

Warm regards,
Didier
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Didier Spaier
Slint maintainer
diider(at) slint (dot) fr

Le 11/08/2021 à 10:12, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> Didier, for some reason your script is giving me a "no bootable device" 
> error, but needs must, thus, here are two scripts and instructions for 
> use. I will post the scripts inline.
> 
> 
> First, create a folder for your VM. I did:
> 
> $mkdir ~/qemu
> 
> 
> Then copy the Windows .iso in to that folder and rename to windos.iso as 
> follows
> 
> 
> $cd ~/qemu
> 
> $cp ~/Downloads/Win10_21H1_English_x64.iso windows.iso
> 
> 
> Now we make the virtual disk, the script doesn't do that for you.
> 
> #qemu-img create -f qcow2 windows.qcow2 128G
> 
> 
> Mine is 128 GB in size, only because I use my Windows to make a living.
> 
> 
> Now take the script below and save it as 'installwin.sh' do not copy the 
> quotes on the blank lines at the top and botom, I put them there to 
> indicate the script code.
> 
> 
> "
> 
> #!/bin/zsh
> 
> cd `dirname $0`
> qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu 
> host,hv_relaxed,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vapic,hv_time -m 4G -smp cores=2 
> -soundhw hda -device intel-hda -device hda-duplex -audiodev 
> pa,id=pa,out.mixing-engine=off,out.latency=20000 -hda windows.qcow2 -nic 
> user,smb="${HOME}/" -usbdevice braille -boot c -cdrom windows.iso -boot d
> 
> "
> 
> 
> Make it executable.
> 
> #chmod a+x ~/qemu/installwin.sh
> 
> 
> Now you run it and install Windows the normal way.
> 
> 
> To actually start Windows, use the script below. Mine is saved as 
> 'startwin.sh'
> 
> 
> "
> 
> #!/bin/zsh
> 
> cd `dirname $0`
> qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu 
> host,hv_relaxed,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vapic,hv_time -m 8G -smp cores=2 
> -soundhw hda -device intel-hda -device hda-duplex -audiodev 
> pa,id=pa,out.mixing-engine=off,out.latency=20000 -hda windows.qcow2 -nic 
> user,smb="${HOME}/" -usbdevice braille -boot c
> 
> "
> 
> 
> Please note, this set of scripts will let you install and run Windows in 
> bios boot, not in EFI.
> 
> -- 
>   Warm regards,
> 
> Brandt Steenkamp
> 
> Sent from my gass powered Slint hair dryer.
> 
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