[libvirt-users] solved - Windows 10 guest

[Bill Kenworthy]

Hmmm ... downloading via windows gave a different sized file to when I
used Linux.

Its now working with the settings below and the win8.1 viostor amd64 driver.

BillK





On 19/08/15 20:17, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> I am trying to install windows 10 (dreamspark education ISO) into
> qemu-kvm on Gentoo linux.
> 
> I got past the cpu problems but am stuck on the image file drivers.
> 
> The relevant xml is below.  It asks for the driver disk which I have,
> but if I select a driver (either vioscsi or viostor which show as valid
> it churns away for a few seconds and brings up the cant find driver
> dialog and cant progress.  I've tried both the 102 and 109 RH driver
> versions (Ive tried most drivers from the ISO's that shows as
> compatible, usually win8 or 8.1.)  Both cdrom xml definitions work fine,
> but the disk one doesn't and I cant find the magic incantation.
> 
> 
>   <os>
>     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-2.4'>hvm</type>
>   </os>
>   <features>
>     <acpi/>
>     <apic/>
>     <hyperv>
>       <relaxed state='on'/>
>       <vapic state='on'/>
>       <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/>
>     </hyperv>
>     <kvm>
>       <hidden state='on'/>
>     </kvm>
>   </features>
>   <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
>     <model fallback='allow'>core2duo</model>
>     <vendor>Intel</vendor>
>     <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='2'/>
> 
> and
> 
> <devices>
>     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
>     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
>       <source file='/mnt/vm/Win10/Win10_disk1.qcow2'/>
>       <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>       <boot order='2'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x06'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </disk>
>     <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>       <source
> file='/mnt/vm/Win10/en_windows_10_education_x64_dvd_6848120.iso'/>
>       <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
>       <readonly/>
>       <boot order='1'/>
>       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
>     </disk>
>     <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>       <source file='/mnt/vm/Win10/virtio-win-0.1.102.iso'/>
>       <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>
>       <readonly/>
>       <boot order='3'/>
>       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
>     </disk>
> 
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