I have set up a custom VM to run Widows 8 / 2012.

 

Created an iso from the set up disk and installed this file into an ISO file share.

 

Log file:

2016-03-04 19:49:32.711+0000: starting up libvirt version: 1.2.18, qemu version: 2.3.0

Domain id=1 is tainted: high-privileges

Domain id=1 is tainted: host-cpu

char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0)

 

xml file:

<domain type='kvm' id='1'>

  <name>WindowsServer2012</name>

  <uuid>0edc963b-0b45-840c-d1e5-c1e5cf986cff</uuid>

  <description>Windows Server for the Estimator Program</description>

  <metadata>

    <vmtemplate name="Custom" icon="windows.png" os="windows"/>

  </metadata>

  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>

  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>

  <memoryBacking>

    <nosharepages/>

    <locked/>

  </memoryBacking>

  <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>

  <cputune>

    <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='2'/>

    <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='3'/>

  </cputune>

  <resource>

    <partition>/machine</partition>

  </resource>

  <os>

    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.3'>hvm</type>

  </os>

  <features>

    <acpi/>

    <apic/>

    <hyperv>

      <relaxed state='on'/>

      <vapic state='on'/>

      <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/>

    </hyperv>

  </features>

  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'>

    <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='1'/>

  </cpu>

  <clock offset='localtime'>

    <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/>

    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>

  </clock>

  <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='raw' cache='writeback'/>

      <source file='/mnt/disk1/VM/WindowsServer2012/vdisk1.img'/>

      <backingStore/>

      <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/>

      <boot order='1'/>

      <alias name='virtio-disk2'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>

    </disk>

    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>

      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>

      <source file='/mnt/user/ISO/ws21012.iso'/>

      <backingStore/>

      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>

      <readonly/>

      <boot order='2'/>

      <alias name='ide0-0-0'/>

      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>

    </disk>

    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>

      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>

      <source file='/mnt/user/ISO/virtio-win-0.1.102.iso'/>

      <backingStore/>

      <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>

      <readonly/>

      <alias name='ide0-0-1'/>

      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>

    </disk>

    <controller type='usb' index='0'>

      <alias name='usb'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>

    </controller>

    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>

      <alias name='pci.0'/>

    </controller>

    <controller type='ide' index='0'>

      <alias name='ide'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>

    </controller>

    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>

      <alias name='virtio-serial0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>

    </controller>

    <interface type='bridge'>

      <mac address='52:54:00:5b:14:62'/>

      <source bridge='virbr0'/>

      <target dev='vnet0'/>

      <model type='virtio'/>

      <alias name='net0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>

    </interface>

    <serial type='pty'>

      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>

      <target port='0'/>

      <alias name='serial0'/>

    </serial>

    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>

      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>

      <target type='serial' port='0'/>

      <alias name='serial0'/>

    </console>

    <channel type='unix'>

      <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/WindowsServer2012.org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>

      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/>

      <alias name='channel0'/>

      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>

    </channel>

    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>

      <alias name='input0'/>

    </input>

    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>

    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>

    <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' websocket='5700' listen='0.0.0.0' keymap='en-us'>

      <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>

    </graphics>

    <video>

      <model type='vmvga' vram='16384' heads='1'/>

      <alias name='video0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>

    </video>

    <memballoon model='virtio'>

      <alias name='balloon0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>

    </memballoon>

  </devices>

</domain>

 

When I click on the VPC remote, I can log in but get the error message:

Boot failed: Not a bootable disk

Could not read from CDROM (code 004)

Connected to OEMU

 

This is my first vm set up.

 

I am between "Creating Your Windows VM page 44 and Loading the VirIO Drivers During Installation.

 

Suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Bill

After searching for a solution, I found that one had to remake the iso file. So I went back to the install DVD and did the

'>>  dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/tmp/cdimg1.iso' thing to create a new iso file. Then the file was copied to the tower/ISO directory. Next I went into the xml file and  updated the source file. Finally I ran the VPC and it is now wanting to install Windows Server instead of getting a boot failed error.