Comments on: Running Windows Server 2008 with KVM on Linux

By: evan

evan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:05:08 +0000

im also trying to enable hyper-v.

did you get anywhere with it? im getting message about my processor not supporting it.

By: bk

bk — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:58:34 +0000

good write up. any chance you are also able to enable hyper-v in your config?
In my testing even if i use the ‘-cpu host’ args where my cpu is a phenomii i still get errors from msft about no hw virtualization support….

By: Rene Jochum

Rene Jochum — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:31:27 +0000

Hi,

@Dave: Use the driver from here:
http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/redhat-54-windows-virtio-drivers-part-2-block-drivers#comment-617

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:00:27 +0000

OK. Thanks. The bridge hint worked although I have to specify using the rtl8139 instead of the default ne2k. I had to build kvm locally so it’s possible that it’s a build option or something (I just used the defaults).

Thanks again,
Dave

By: md

md — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:13:11 +0000

I actually don’t have this setup anymore (my W2K8 license expired), but I had the virtual NIC working just fine when I did it. I don’t recall doing anything special to get it working. It probably depends on what mode your setup on (bridged, etc)…

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:59:09 +0000

I can get Server 2008 up and running with custoom builds of kvm, qemu and SDL since I’;m on CentOS. The only problem is that WinSrv2K8 doesn’t detect the virtual NIC. You don’t mentyion having a problem with this. Did you have to use any of the “guest drivers” that are available with the KVM download?

Thanks,
Dave

By: budiw

budiw — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:52:28 +0000

Does anyone know how to insert a cdrom into windows that run in KVM? I mean, the windows is already running and I need to insert software in my cdrom. But I don’t want to use networking at all.

Thank you

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:14:22 +0000

Were you able to find a driver for the sound card? I’m running kvm-78, and it looks like it’s an es1370, but I can’t find sound drivers for Windows Server 2008 or Vista.

By: md

md — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:04:34 +0000

It should be possible – just make sure the NTFS partition is mounted… then create the image on the ntfs partition…

By: davide

davide — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:05:00 +0000

cool blog…
just a comment… I already have a dual boot PC, with Vista pre-installed on my 500GB SATA disk, and I’d like to boot kvm from the NTFS partition, not from a disk image. is it possible ???

By: md

md — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:00:50 +0000

Cool! Thanks for the update Anton

By: anton

anton — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:57:21 +0000

I can confirm that it’s all good for win2008 with (k)ubuntu 8.04 beta as well. I did have to add my username to both the kvm and libvirtd groups but after that plain sailing!

By: tecosystems » Fedora 8: Close, But No Cigar

tecosystems » Fedora 8: Close, But No Cigar — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:48:03 +0000

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By: sledge

sledge — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:03:17 +0000

I use Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy (AMD64) and has used kvm for VISTA ULTIMATE 64 and can only run it in qemu not kvm. if I use kvm with the -no-acpi options Vista refuses to install and without the option it crashes as soon as it starts with blue screen. It does that if I try to install it as plain OS on disk and not as kvm machine as well. Possibly some hardware incompabilities. Have not have the chance to check it out yet.

PS: Excellent Howto !!

By: md

md — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:02:35 +0000

I use Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy” which currently is on version “1:28-4ubuntu2″ — I’m not sure how that maps to upstream… I’m going to guess it maps to release 28 in KVM based on the numbering.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:37:19 +0000

Which version of KVM do you use?

By: Using Linux KVM Virtualization on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10

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