On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 12:02:57AM -0500, Yaodong Yang wrote: > 1. I create a raw image named as win8.img, using the following command: > /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-img create -f raw win8.img 20G > > 2. I try to install win8 with the following command, but I failed several > times. > > sudo /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -drive > file=./win8.img,if=virtio,cache=none -cdrom ./win8.iso -boot d -m 2048. > > 3. I try the same command but with if=ide, it works. > > Could someone tell me the reason for this failure?
The Windows installer will not detect virtio-blk disks since Windows does not come with virtio drivers by default. You must provide the virtio-win drivers ISO during the installation: https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/ Watch for the screen where Windows prompts you for a driver disk and put in the virtio-win ISO. Stefan