On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 10:07:53 PM UTC-4, Gaiko wrote:
> No responses? Is there any more information that I could post that might make
> it easier to diagnose this issue?
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> For what its worth, I was able to make a non-template winVM on another
> computer (before I quite understood that I could make a WinTemplate) and then
> restored it onto my current computer and it works well enough, but I really
> think the best model for me would be using a wintemplate if possible, and was
> hoping to figure out why the intstalling win7 on this win7-x64-template isn't
> working?
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> Thoughts would be apprecaited.
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> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Gaiko Kyofusho <gaikokuji...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> I am trying to setup a win7 template. I started with the:
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> qvm-create --hvm-template win7-x64-template -l green
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> which seemed to work well enough, then tried to install windows (win7 pro
> x64). When I try using:
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> qvm-start win7-x64-template --cdrom=/home/user/win7.iso
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> It
> starts up and then hangs (I've tried leaving it overnight, no progress)
> at the glowing starting windows. I then searched around and found two
> posts and the github work around of
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> cp /var/lib/qubes/appvms/win7/win7.conf /tmp
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> then mod'ing the <model type='xen' vram='16384' /> line to cirrus then
> running
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> qvm-start win7-x64-template --cdrom=/home/user/win7.iso
> --custom-config=/tmp/win7.conf
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> now I get an error:
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> --> Loading the VM (type = TemplateHVM)...
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/qvm-start", line 136, in <module>
> main()
> File "/usr/bin/qvm-start", line 120, in main
>
> xid = vm.start(verbose=options.verbose,
> preparing_dvm=options.preparing_dvm, start_guid=not options.noguid,
> notify_function=tray_notify_generic if options.tray else None)
> File
> "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/qubes/modules/02QubesTemplateHVm.py",
> line 94, in start
> return super(QubesTemplateHVm, self).start(*args, **kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/qubes/modules/01QubesHVm.py", line
> 335, in start
> return super(QubesHVm, self).start(*args, **kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/qubes/modules/000QubesVm.py", line
> 1972, in start
> self.libvirt_domain.createWithFlags(libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_START_PAUSED)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1059, in
> createWithFlags
> if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreateWithFlags() failed',
> dom=self)
> libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: libxenlight failed to create new domain
> 'win7'
>
> thoughts?
sorry man i have no experience making a win7 template only hvm. There is a guy
around here named Drew white who has experience doing this maybe you can
message him.
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