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From: OwN-3m-All <own3mall@gmail.com>
To: Yan Vugenfirer <yvugenfi@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm-devel <kvm@vger.kernel.org>, Vadim Rozenfeld <vrozenfe@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Windows XP x64 SP2 KVM Guest Virtio Drivers
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:24:20 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <531E9E04.8030309@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <76A51588-35B3-4B51-B538-B57E2158C97C@redhat.com>

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.


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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  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-11  5:23 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 [this message]
2014-03-11  6:12     ` Vadim Rozenfeld

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