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*' [sudo] password for pepebuho: Last metadata expiration check: 2:48:39 ago on Thu 25 Jul 2024 04:56:14 AM EST. 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 -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepeb...@gmail.com ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.
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