KVM newbie here, just hoping to get my feet wet with a basic Windows 7 VM. I don’t want passthrough or anything fancy right now, just for the thing to boot and browse the web. I created my instance, and the system boots from my Win 7 installation ISO, however when it asks me for the HD to install to, there is nothing listed. I do have a qcow2 image attached. My XML is below, thanks in advance

 

<domain type='kvm'>
  <name>Win7</name>
  <uuid>92387364-f86f-3c05-be87-83b570a9f6e8</uuid>
  <description>None</description>
  <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.1'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <bootmenu enable='yes'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='host-model'>
    <model fallback='allow'/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/VirtualBox VMs/KVM/disk/Win7.img'/>
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/VirtualBox VMs/KVM/iso/Win7ProUpgEdux64iso.iso'/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
      <readonly/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='1'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='network'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:ec:3d:43'/>
      <source network='virtNet'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <target port='0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty'>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
    </console>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' websocket='-1' listen='0.0.0.0'>
      <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
    </graphics>
    <video>
      <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
</domain>

You need to add this part.

 

<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/path to/virtio-win-0.1-81.iso'/>
      <target dev='sdd' bus='sata'/>
      <readonly/>
    </disk>

 

DL iso from here : https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/

 

Then load drivers from this cdrom, when you are where you shall chose HD to install, after that, the HD is listed

 

//Peter 

Thanks for the help. Out of curiosity, how come I need to load the AMD driver when I am running on an Intel i3?

Thanks for the help. Out of curiosity, how come I need to load the AMD driver when I am running on an Intel i3?

 

 

If I remember correctly it was a Redhat scsi driver that was needed for virtio not anything AMD.

Thanks for the help. Out of curiosity, how come I need to load the AMD driver when I am running on an Intel i3?

 

 

If I remember correctly it was a Redhat scsi driver that was needed for virtio not anything AMD.

You are correct.