From: Vadim Rozenfeld <vrozenfe@redhat.com>
To: OwN-3m-All <own3mall@gmail.com>
Cc: Yan Vugenfirer <yvugenfi@redhat.com>, kvm-devel <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Windows XP x64 SP2 KVM Guest Virtio Drivers
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:12:06 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1394518326.3088.36.camel@w7-rhel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <531E9E04.8030309@gmail.com>
On Mon, 2014-03-10 at 23:24 -0600, OwN-3m-All wrote:
> I was hoping for a virtio storage driver. I'd like to use a virtio disk
> rather than ide. However, it does not seem to be possible with XP x64
> because such a driver does not exist? Also, the viostor driver for
> Server 2003 x64 does not work for XP x64.
That's strange. While WXP 64-bit is not officially supported, I remember
I tested W2K3 64-bit viostor driver on WXP 64-bit SP2.
You said it fails with BSOD. Can you tell me the bug check code please?
Cheers,
Vadim.
>
>
> On 2/16/2014 6:05 AM, Yan Vugenfirer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > WinXP 64bit is a strange bird.
> >
> > Which driver did you tried to install: virtio-net, virtio-block or something else?
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Yan.
> >
> > On Feb 14, 2014, at 3:37 AM, OwN-3m-All <own3mall@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Guys,
> >>
> >> Does a virtio KVM driver exist for Windows XP x64 SP2? If not, would it be
> >> possible to create one / adapt the Server 2003 version somehow? I tried
> >> using the Server 2003 x64 drivers (from
> >> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers), but they didn't work.
> >> The drivers would install, but then XP x64 would just blue screen and
> >> never boot up again.
> >>
> >> Hoping there's a driver!
> >>
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-11 6:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-14 1:37 Windows XP x64 SP2 KVM Guest Virtio Drivers OwN-3m-All
2014-02-16 13:05 ` Yan Vugenfirer
2014-03-11 5:24 ` OwN-3m-All
2014-03-11 6:12 ` Vadim Rozenfeld [this message]
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