Javier Perez wrote: > do I have to reformat my HD, reinstall FC12, and then > install win2k, or can I just install yum install the > virtual parts for kvm and have it start as a guest > the already isntalled win2k ? > In my experience, this does not work (I have tried to use a windows version installed on another partition -- to no avail). Maybe you can get it to work? Generally, you will install qemu, qemu-kvm &c., then you will run qemu-img to create a qcow2 disk image (you probably want about 15-20G, depending on how many windows programs you want to install) and then you will install windows on that disk image. Then, when you are running fedora, you can use qemu-kvm (not as root) to boot the version of windows that is installed on the disk image. Windows will probably need about 1024 memory to run well. You should keep about half of your memory for fedora, of course. Summary: Create image: qemu-img create -f qcow2 windows.img 15G Install Windows from a cdrom (if you have an upgrade version of windows, this requires changing disks using commands from the console; ctrl-alt-1/ctrl-alt-2 to switch console and emulation screens): qemu-kvm -m 1024 -cdrom /dev/sr0 -boot d -soundhw all -hda windows.img Boot virtual machine: qemu-kvm -m 1024 -boot c -vga std -soundhw all -localtime - hda windows.img -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
