Re: [Qemu-discuss] virtio with Windows 8.

2013-09-08 Thread xuanmao_001
This will help you: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Boot_from_virtio_block_device xuanmao_001 From: Yaodong Yang Date: 2013-09-09 13:02 To: qemu-de...@nongnu.org; qemu-discuss@nongnu.org Subject: [Qemu-discuss] virtio with Windows 8. Hi all, 1. I create a raw image named as win8.img, using the

[Qemu-discuss] virtio with Windows 8.

2013-09-08 Thread Yaodong Yang
Hi all, 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,i

[Qemu-discuss] vlans in user mode.

2013-09-08 Thread dE
For educational purposes, I'm trying to recreate the default user mode network. My first attempt was to create multiple nodes in a single vlan, however it did not appear to work. 2 qemu processes were started using -net user,vlan=1, ip but no network card were seen, in fact even with -net us

Re: [Qemu-discuss] savevm too slow

2013-09-08 Thread xuanmao_001
>> the other question: when I change the buffer size #define IO_BUF_SIZE 32768 >> to #define IO_BUF_SIZE (1 * 1024 * 1024), the savevm is more quickly. > Is this for cache=unsafe as well? > Juan, any specific reason for using 32k? I think it would be better to > have a multiple of the qcow2 clust

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Add PCI Passthrough for multiple devices on same bus?

2013-09-08 Thread Tony Su
Since you're using virsh commands, have you also considered just running vm manager if you're running a graphical environment? It's pretty straightforward when you use vm manager if there isn't a conflict of some sort... Also, just wondering if you really need to access the hardware directly, it's

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Connect Qemu with physical USB hub for non-compliant device

2013-09-08 Thread Tony Su
What is this "hub" you're referring to, is it just this thing you're describing which sounds like a special cable and adapter? By definition, ordinarily a "hub" is a device intended to be transparent which can support more of the same connection type, eg enable 3 USB devices to connect to a single