virtio-win problem

virtio-win problem

[Riccardo Veraldi]

Hello,
if I install virtio-win drivers on windows 2008 Server R2, I have the 
problem of signed device drivers.
I Can install the drivers but Windows 2008 server refuses to use them 
unless I start
the machine pressing F8 every time at each reboot bypassing the checking 
of signed certified drivers, and this is annoying,
since I Cannot reboot the virtual machien automatically.

Anyone solved this issue ?
thanks

Rick

RE: virtio-win problem

[Martin Maurer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org] On
> Behalf Of Riccardo Veraldi
> Sent: Donnerstag, 06. Mai 2010 14:10
> To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: virtio-win problem
> 
> Hello,
> if I install virtio-win drivers on windows 2008 Server R2, I have the
> problem of signed device drivers.
> I Can install the drivers but Windows 2008 server refuses to use them
> unless I start
> the machine pressing F8 every time at each reboot bypassing the
> checking
> of signed certified drivers, and this is annoying,
> since I Cannot reboot the virtual machien automatically.
> 
> Anyone solved this issue ?

Redhat released signed drivers working on win2008r2, but no public download or free use (you need a subscription, it's a special license)

Or you need to follow the howtos on the KVM wiki pages, http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers

Br, Martin

RE: virtio-win problem

[Yan Vugenfirer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org] On
> Behalf Of Martin Maurer
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:59 PM
> To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: virtio-win problem
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org] On
> > Behalf Of Riccardo Veraldi
> > Sent: Donnerstag, 06. Mai 2010 14:10
> > To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: virtio-win problem
> >
> > Hello,
> > if I install virtio-win drivers on windows 2008 Server R2, I have the
> > problem of signed device drivers.
> > I Can install the drivers but Windows 2008 server refuses to use them
> > unless I start
> > the machine pressing F8 every time at each reboot bypassing the
> > checking
> > of signed certified drivers, and this is annoying,
> > since I Cannot reboot the virtual machien automatically.
> >
> > Anyone solved this issue ?
> 
> Redhat released signed drivers working on win2008r2, but no public
> download or free use (you need a subscription, it's a special license)
> 
> Or you need to follow the howtos on the KVM wiki pages,
> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers

[YV] You could test sign the drivers with our own certificate
(http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33920573) and enable the
usage of test signed drivers (Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON). 

> 
> Br, Martin
> 
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RE: virtio-win problem

[Mirosław Jaworski]

On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 07:29 -0400, Yan Vugenfirer wrote:
> > Redhat released signed drivers working on win2008r2, but no public
> > download or free use (you need a subscription, it's a special license)
> > 
> > Or you need to follow the howtos on the KVM wiki pages,
> > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers
> 
> [YV] You could test sign the drivers with our own certificate
> (http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33920573) and enable the
> usage of test signed drivers (Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON).

Which, most probably, makes production usage of such system unsupported.

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Re: virtio-win problem

[Brian Jackson]

On Thursday, May 06, 2010 07:10:07 am Riccardo Veraldi wrote:
> Hello,
> if I install virtio-win drivers on windows 2008 Server R2, I have the
> problem of signed device drivers.
> I Can install the drivers but Windows 2008 server refuses to use them
> unless I start
> the machine pressing F8 every time at each reboot bypassing the checking
> of signed certified drivers, and this is annoying,
> since I Cannot reboot the virtual machien automatically.


I have some compiled and signed here:

http://theiggy.com/tmp/virtio-20100228.zip

These are not guaranteed to work and they will probably kill kittens. That 
said, I've had luck with them and had only a few reports of things not working 
(mostly with the balloon drivers).



> 
> Anyone solved this issue ?
> thanks
> 
> Rick
> 
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Re: virtio-win problem

[Jernej Simončič]

On Thursday, May 6, 2010, 21:59:21, Brian Jackson wrote:

> http://theiggy.com/tmp/virtio-20100228.zip
> These are not guaranteed to work and they will probably kill kittens. That
> said, I've had luck with them and had only a few reports of things not working
> (mostly with the balloon drivers).

XP32 drivers from this pack didn't work for me, but Vista64 work fine.

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       -- Beckhap's Law

Re: virtio-win problem

[Brian Jackson]

On Thursday, May 06, 2010 03:11:00 pm Jernej Simončič wrote:
> On Thursday, May 6, 2010, 21:59:21, Brian Jackson wrote:
> > http://theiggy.com/tmp/virtio-20100228.zip
> > These are not guaranteed to work and they will probably kill kittens.
> > That said, I've had luck with them and had only a few reports of things
> > not working (mostly with the balloon drivers).
> 
> XP32 drivers from this pack didn't work for me, but Vista64 work fine.

What about the XP32 drivers from:

http://theiggy.com/tmp/virtio-20091208.zip

Re: virtio-win problem

[Jernej Simončič]

On Thursday, May 6, 2010, 22:36:02, Brian Jackson wrote:

> What about the XP32 drivers from:
> http://theiggy.com/tmp/virtio-20091208.zip

This is what I currently use on XP, and it works fine (I think I
mentioned this on IRC - my nickname's ender` there).

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Re: virtio-win problem

[Brian Jackson]

On Thursday, May 06, 2010 04:05:17 pm Jernej Simončič wrote:
> On Thursday, May 6, 2010, 22:36:02, Brian Jackson wrote:
> > What about the XP32 drivers from:
> > http://theiggy.com/tmp/virtio-20091208.zip
> 
> This is what I currently use on XP, and it works fine (I think I
> mentioned this on IRC - my nickname's ender` there).

Ahh, didn't make the connection. I'm still working on new drivers that 
hopefully will be fixed.