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First of all, a VM needs to be started with the VirtIO block device and boot options enabled: | First of all, a VM needs to be started with the VirtIO block device and boot options enabled: | ||
''-drive file=/image_path/image_name,if=virtio,boot=on'' | ''-drive file=/image_path/image_name,if=virtio,boot=on'' | ||
In addition, a virtual floppy disk with correct Windows drivers must be specified: | In addition, a virtual floppy disk with correct Windows drivers must be specified: | ||
''-fda /floppy_image_path/floppy_image_name'' | ''-fda /floppy_image_path/floppy_image_name'' | ||
Revision as of 08:43, 4 August 2009
How to setup Windows guest VirtIO block driver on Windows Server 2003
Introduction
VirtIO block driver can be used either as a system (boot) or non-system disk. However, the installation procedure for these two different scenarios is slightly different.
System disk installation procedure
QEMU command line options
First of all, a VM needs to be started with the VirtIO block device and boot options enabled:
-drive file=/image_path/image_name,if=virtio,boot=on
In addition, a virtual floppy disk with correct Windows drivers must be specified:
-fda /floppy_image_path/floppy_image_name