[Libguestfs] IRC question: Does libguestfs support windows

[Richard W.M. Jones]

04:53 < archers> hi all
04:53 < archers> libguestfs donot support windows any more ?

Unfortunately the user didn't stay in the channel for longer than 5
mins so I wasn't able to get any more details or reply.

However in general the answer is: yes, libguestfs supports Windows.

Libguestfs supports Windows guests.

On RHEL, you will need to support the libguestfs-winsupport package.
This package is now included in base RHEL starting with RHEL 7.2 IIRC.
Previously it was in a separate channel called V2VWIN.
libguestfs-winsupport in RHEL has some intentional limitations
described here:

http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html#cannot-open-windows-guests-which-use-ntfs
http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html#mount:-unsupported-filesystem-type-with-ntfs-in-rhel-7.2

Libguestfs probably cannot be compiled on Windows, although certainly
the library side could be compiled with not too much effort.  (See
also:
http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html#how-can-i-compile-and-install-libguestfs-without-supermin)

Rich.

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