On 08/10/12||22:04, Jelle van der Waa wrote: > On 08/10/12 20:47, Arno Gaboury wrote: > > Dear list, > > > > I am trying with no sucess to install w7 on a VM on my Archlinux box. > > I use virt-install,virtio,qemu, and i already managed to set up VM. > > > > This time, after #virt-install --connect qemu///system --name=merdoz > > --ram 4000 --cpu host --disk > > path=/dev/vg0/lv_merdoz,bus=virtio,sparse=false,format=raw --cdrom > > /var/lib/libvirt/images/isofiles/WindowsTiny.iso --description="merdoz > > -vm guest on host magnolia" --graphics vnc --os-type=windows > > --os-variant=win7 --video=vga --hvm --accelerate --nonetwork. > > > > > > The libvirtviewer opens, and windows starts to install. The issue is it can not find the > > disk (/dev/vg0/lv_merdoz) because drivers are not installed. > > > > I read I needed virtio-win-0.1-30.iso. > > I downloaded it, exctract the WIN7 folder with the drivers. > > Then I exctract my win7.iso, put the WIN7 folder inside, then > > $mkisofs -o win7.iso -J -r win7 > > and get a new iso file. > > > > Unfortunately, when using it with virt-install, the file is not > > recognized and windows can not boot: could not read (code 004). > > > > 1- Do I really need virtio.iso to get the drivers? If not, why w7 > > doesn't recognize my LV ? > > 2- how to add these drivers to my setup? > > > > Thank you for help. > > > IIRC, I added the virtio iso as second disk ( or floppy image ) and then > installed windows. ( Windows can 'install' drivers in the partitioning > step ) > I thought I could use : $virsh # attach-disk merdoz ~/virtio-win-0.1-30.iso hdc --type cdrom But it doesn't work either, as virsh # list returns NO domain. Weird, as the following command seems Ok: [gabx@magnolia:~]$ virsh --connect qemu:///system start merdoz Domain merdoz started So I can't understand why domain merdoz is started and NOT listed with virsh
