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/usr/share/vnx/bin/vnx_update_aced WinXP /usr/share/vnx/aced/vnx-aced-win-0.1b.exe | /usr/share/vnx/bin/vnx_update_aced WinXP /usr/share/vnx/aced/vnx-aced-win-0.1b.exe | ||
− | <li>Accessing virtual machine console and starting a windows file explorer, going to cdrom content (d: normally) and double clicking on vnx-aced-win-0.1b.exe file</li> | + | <li>Accessing virtual machine console and starting a windows file explorer, going to cdrom content (d: normally) and double clicking on ''vnx-aced-win-0.1b.exe'' file</li> |
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<li>Install TweakUI (http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe) and disable autorun in all drives:</li> | <li>Install TweakUI (http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe) and disable autorun in all drives:</li> |
Revision as of 23:41, 16 October 2011
How to create a Windows XP root-file-system for VNX
Contents
Create a basic Windows XP rootfs
- Create the filesystem disk image:
qemu-img create -f qcow2 vnx_rootfs_winxp-base.qcow2 5GB
<domain type='kvm'> <name>WinXP</name> <memory>524288</memory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch="i686">hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> <boot dev='cdrom'/> </os> <features> <pae/> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <clock sync="localtime"/> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <source file='/usr/share/vnx/filesystems/vnx_rootfs_winxp-base.qcow2'/> <target dev='hda'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <source file='/almacen/iso/winxp.iso'/> <target dev='hdb'/> </disk> <interface type='network'> <source network='default'/> </interface> <interface type='network'> <source network='default'/> </interface> <interface type='network'> <source network='default'/> </interface> <interface type='network'> <source network='default'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/3'/> <target port='0'/> </serial> <graphics type='vnc' port='5005' /> </devices> </domain>
Note: change "source file=" lines to whatever fits your case (use full paths).
virsh create rootfs_winxp.xml
virt-viewer WinXP
Note: you also can access the console through vncviewer:
vncviewer localhost::5005
- Update it using "Windows update"
- Disable screensaver
- Disable Firewall
- Install VNX autoconfiguration daemon by:
- Executing on the host:
/usr/share/vnx/bin/vnx_update_aced WinXP /usr/share/vnx/aced/vnx-aced-win-0.1b.exe
- Accessing virtual machine console and starting a windows file explorer, going to cdrom content (d: normally) and double clicking on vnx-aced-win-0.1b.exe file
- Expand the My Computer branch, then the AutoPlay branch, and then select Drives
- Turn off the checkbox next to all drive letters
netsh interface ip set address name="eth0" static 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.252 netsh interface ip set address name="eth1" static 1.1.1.5 255.255.255.252 netsh interface ip set address name="eth2" static 1.1.1.9 255.255.255.252 netsh interface ip set address name="eth3" static 1.1.1.13 255.255.255.252
Note: this script supposes that the name of network interfaces has been changed to something rational like eth0, eth1, etc, instead of the original names "Conexión de área local X" which are unusable from a bat script due to the accents...
Known problems
- Each time a vm starts, Windows finds new hardware and installs a driver for a standard RAM PCI controller. This fact slows down the boot process. To avoid it, just start the rootfilesystem once in direct mode to have windows detect the hardware and let the driver installed. For that purpose, you can use the following VNX scenario (xp.xml):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <vnx xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="/usr/share/xml/vnx/vnx-1.95.xsd"> <global> <version>1.92</version> <scenario_name>xp</scenario_name> <vm_mgmt type="none" /> </global> <vm name="winxp" type="libvirt" subtype="kvm" os="windows"> <filesystem type="direct">/usr/share/vnx/filesystems/vnx_rootfs_winxp</filesystem> <mem>512M</mem> </vm> </vnx>
Started with:
vnx -f xp.xml -v --create
and stopped with:
vnx -f xp.xml -v --shutdown
Note: never use not use "--destroy"option to stop a rootfilesystem use in direct mode: you will corrupt the filesystem.