On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 7:24 AM Go Canes <letsgonhlcan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 6:22 AM Javier Perez <pepeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I want to virtualize win2k to play a game and I installed the
> virtualization packages
> > I was able to create an VM using my old win2k cd no problem.
> > Display was 640x480. Moving it to 800x600 gave me a black screen.
>
> If they are available for Win2K you should download and install the
> virtio-win bits in the Windows guest. This should give you better
> performance for disk and network, and will also allow you to change
> the size of the display by changing the size of the VM window.
>
> Off the top of my head you....
> - dnf install virtio-win - this installs the .iso file on your hypervisor
> - find the .iso file and connect it to the guest using virt-manager
> (or whatever)
> - within the guest use Windows Explorer, open the CD, find the .exe and
> run it
> - shutdown the guest
> - using virt-manager change the disk, network, and display to use virtio
> --
>
I tried that but could not find the virtio-win on the repositories. Is
there any special repository where that might be available?
pepebuho@pepewin:~$ sudo dnf list '*virtio*'
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Installed Packages
qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-rutabaga.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-rutabaga.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
qemu-device-display-virtio-vga.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
qemu-device-display-virtio-vga-gl.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
qemu-device-display-virtio-vga-rutabaga.x86_64 2:8.2.2-1.fc40
@fedora
virtiofsd.x86_64 1.10.1-1.fc40
@fedora
Available Packages
rust-virtio-bindings+default-devel.noarch 0.2.2-2.fc40
fedora
rust-virtio-bindings+virtio-v4_14_0-devel.noarch 0.2.2-2.fc40
fedora
rust-virtio-bindings+virtio-v5_0_0-devel.noarch 0.2.2-2.fc40
fedora
rust-virtio-bindings-devel.noarch 0.2.2-2.fc40
fedora
rust-virtio-queue+default-devel.noarch 0.11.0-2.fc40
fedora
rust-virtio-queue+test-utils-devel.noarch 0.11.0-2.fc40
fedora
rust-virtio-queue-devel.noarch 0.11.0-2.fc40
fedora
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