gulo Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Hello This is my first attempt at VMs. I created VM with Windows 8.1 ISO file and Stable virtio-win iso from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers#Direct_download When I remote to my VM the Windows installation starts but then it says I have disks to install to. Any idea why? Link to comment
jonp Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Hello This is my first attempt at VMs. I created VM with Windows 8.1 ISO file and Stable virtio-win iso from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers#Direct_download When I remote to my VM the Windows installation starts but then it says I have disks to install to. Any idea why? See the steps in the wiki for creating a Windows VM. It details how to add the drivers necessary. Link to comment
GoChris Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I've used the wiki to try and create a Win 8.1 VM, and I load all drivers up until viostor, when I select the folder for the viostor driver, the driver does not show up in the list, unless I uncheck the option to hide incompatible drivers. Does this mean I can't create windows VMs on my hardware? It's a few years old hardware, but it's an i7. Link to comment
CHBMB Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I've used the wiki to try and create a Win 8.1 VM, and I load all drivers up until viostor, when I select the folder for the viostor driver, the driver does not show up in the list, unless I uncheck the option to hide incompatible drivers. Does this mean I can't create windows VMs on my hardware? It's a few years old hardware, but it's an i7. Are you sure the driver version is the same as the version of Windows you're trying to install. ie 32bit or 64bit. If you're not trying to passthrough any devices then your hardware shouldn't matter. Link to comment
GoChris Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I've used the wiki to try and create a Win 8.1 VM, and I load all drivers up until viostor, when I select the folder for the viostor driver, the driver does not show up in the list, unless I uncheck the option to hide incompatible drivers. Does this mean I can't create windows VMs on my hardware? It's a few years old hardware, but it's an i7. Are you sure the driver version is the same as the version of Windows you're trying to install. ie 32bit or 64bit. If you're not trying to passthrough any devices then your hardware shouldn't matter. Yes I've made sure, twice, to select the amd64 folder and I'm installing from an x64 iso. Edit: I've also tried it with the 'stable' and 'latest' virtio iso. Link to comment
CHBMB Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I've used the wiki to try and create a Win 8.1 VM, and I load all drivers up until viostor, when I select the folder for the viostor driver, the driver does not show up in the list, unless I uncheck the option to hide incompatible drivers. Does this mean I can't create windows VMs on my hardware? It's a few years old hardware, but it's an i7. Are you sure the driver version is the same as the version of Windows you're trying to install. ie 32bit or 64bit. If you're not trying to passthrough any devices then your hardware shouldn't matter. Yes I've made sure, twice, to select the amd64 folder and I'm installing from an x64 iso. Edit: I've also tried it with the 'stable' and 'latest' virtio iso. I'm just creating a win8 VM to see if i can figure this out.. Link to comment
CHBMB Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 So I loaded E:\viostor\w8.1\amd64\viostor.inf Worked first time. Using i440fx-2.3 and seabios. EDIT: That's using the latest virtio drivers I've just downloaded.. Link to comment
CHBMB Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I've used the wiki to try and create a Win 8.1 VM, and I load all drivers up until viostor, when I select the folder for the viostor driver, the driver does not show up in the list, unless I uncheck the option to hide incompatible drivers. Does this mean I can't create windows VMs on my hardware? It's a few years old hardware, but it's an i7. Are you sure the driver version is the same as the version of Windows you're trying to install. ie 32bit or 64bit. If you're not trying to passthrough any devices then your hardware shouldn't matter. Yes I've made sure, twice, to select the amd64 folder and I'm installing from an x64 iso. Edit: I've also tried it with the 'stable' and 'latest' virtio iso. Just try loading the storage driver only, the other drivers can all be loaded from device manager once you've installed Windows. No need to overcomplicate things at this stage. By the way I'm also using a RAW disk image and HyperV is switched on. (I don't think these will have an effect though) Link to comment
GoChris Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thanks for the help, I got it going now. I'm pretty sure it was user error, in that I didn't specify the VM location, just everything else. It obviously let's you create a VM without a folder for the disk specified. Link to comment
CHBMB Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thanks for the help, I got it going now. I'm pretty sure it was user error, in that I didn't specify the VM location, just everything else. It obviously let's you create a VM without a folder for the disk specified. Glad we got you sorted.. Link to comment
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