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Re: [Qemu-devel] Installing Windows with virtio (was: QEMU, increase gra
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Fam Zheng |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Installing Windows with virtio (was: QEMU, increase graphics memory) |
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Mon, 15 May 2017 09:36:13 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.8.0 (2017-02-23) |
On Sun, 05/14 19:39, jenia.ivlev wrote:
>
> I wanted to get more graphics memory on my QEMU Windows client.
>
> I decided to install **Virtio** drivers for QEMU to achieve that purpose.
>
> I create an *imagine_file* like this:
>
>
> qemu-img create -f raw image_file 4G
>
>
> Also, I ran the windows-install like this:
>
>
> qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4G -cdrom "OS.iso" -boot order=c -drive
> file=image_file,if=virtio
>
>
> But when Windows ran, it didn't find any hard-drive (the *image_file*
> basically). It asked for some drivers instead. I think it wanted drivers
> to communicate with the hard-drive (*image_file*).
>
> Running the install without Virtio works though:
>
>
> qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4G -cdrom "OS.iso" -boot order=d -drive
> file=image_file,format=raw
>
>
> The difference betweeen the two commands is:
>
>
> order=c vs order=d
>
>
> and
>
>
> if=virtio vs format=raw
>
>
> How do I install windows with Virtio in QEMU?
>
> My original goal is to get 512 MB of graphics memory on Windows (running
> as a guest in QEMU). Unfortunately, by default (no Virtio) I get 8MB of
> video memory which is not enough for my purposes
>
>
> Thanks
>
> P.S. My OS is Arch-Linux
Since you use ArchLinux, wiki.archlinux.org is rather helpful, as always. Yes,
you need virtio drivers:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/QEMU#New_Install_of_Windows
Fam