[fedora-virt] Using the virtio drivers in Windows XP setup

Anand Kumria wildfire at progsoc.org
Fri Oct 23 15:22:18 UTC 2009


Hi Richard,

The txtsetup.oem file you mentioned was not with your email, I am not sure
if you forgot or the mailing list eats attachments.

Perhaps you have a URL to the file? It also sounds like a small script would
make it easier for everyone to install the drivers.

Regards,
Anand

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Richard Hughes <hughsient at gmail.com> wrote:

> This may be useful to somebody. To use the virtio drivers in windows
> XP setup, you have to do the following:
>
> * create a 1.44Mb image file
> * mount it by loopback
> * format it with vfat
> * copy the Install/Xp/x86/viostor.sys, Install/Xp/x86/wnet.inf, and
> the attached txtsetup.oem file to the root of the mounted image
> * umount the loop device
> * attach the floppy image as a floppy storage element in the VM's details
> pane
> * boot the VM
> * remember to press F6 when booting the windows xp setup and select
> the VirtoIO device.
>
> The txtsetup.oem was just cobbled together after reading various
> sources online, and hacking values out of the supplied inf file.
>
> Richard.
>
> p.s. I'm still unable to install XP using ide, scsi or virtio drivers
> as it gives the message "Setup was unable to format the partition. The
> disk maybe damaged." -- any ideas welcome.
>
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