On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 23:44 +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:38:14AM +0200, Laurent L?onard wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What about Virtio support in Windows in virtinst OS dictionary ? > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=535782 > > Would that be possible? The OS dictionary is (currently) only ever > used for initial installation. The Windows VirtIO drivers can only > be installed post-install.
We can attach a virtual floppy during install containing the virtio block driver to be used by the win2k3/xp/2k8/vista installers. The user would have to select the driver from a list when they get to the storage configuration screen in the installer but this works today. > So, AFAICT, it wouldn't be possible todo a > install with virtio enabled in the os dictionary for Windows. Unless > perhaps there's a way to provide them as a driver disk to the initial > installer ? If we booted with a 2nd CDROM or floppy device containing > the VirtIO drivers would the Windows installer be able to use that ? > > > Daniel
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