Going back to the user list, just in case it will be relevant to others On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 3:02 PM Vijay Sachdeva <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Gal, > > > > Thank you so much for replying, can you please a steps to do that. Right > now what I am doing is: > > > > 1. Installed Windows 2016 using IDE interface, but performance is very > bad and it’ really hard to install any further .exe into it. > > I never used the IDE interface so I can't say from personal experience, but I don't think that should be the behavior, please open a bug on that so that we can examin. > > 1. > 2. Other option I see attaching the floppy drive when we use “Run > Once”, but problem is when pointing to floppy drive while loading drivers. > It says no drivers detected. > > Using Run Once is the preferred option, see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/html/virtual_machine_management_guide/chap-installing_windows_virtual_machines Make sure that you attach the latest virtio-win vdf (the link I sent earlier should be ok) and select the relevant drivers, if there is a problem then please open a bug on virtio-win project and send me the url so I will track it, thanks. > > > Please share let me know the best way to perform this action as need to > deliver the Ovirt infra to one of my customer and really stuck on this > driver installation. > > > > Appreciate your quick response.!! > > > > Vijay Sachdeva > > > > > > *From: *Gal Zaidman <[email protected]> > *Date: *Tuesday, 3 December 2019 at 6:22 PM > *To: *Vijay Sachdeva <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [ovirt-users] Windows VirtIO drivers > > > > HI Vijay, > > > > There a package on fedora: > > virtio-win-0.1.173-2 > > which contains an MSI installer for the drivers and the ovirt agent (which > is disabled on a normal installation, so please enable it when you install). > > > > This installer should replace the ovirt-wgt that we have currently on the > next versions, > > and it is new, so please give us feedback once you used it. > > > > P.S > > the installer installs the drivers normally so if the regular drivers from > virtio-win fail to install, then using the installer will not change much > probably, and it means that you have a deeper problem. > > In case the installation fails then please generate logs but running the > installer through cmd.exe "msiexec /i {installer} /l*v {path to log}" ( > https://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/qa-log.html) > > and open a bug/reply here and I will try and help > > > > Thanks > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 2:11 PM Vijay Sachdeva <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Team, > > > > How can we install virtIO windows drivers to Windows 2016. As of now I > tried to attach floppy drive with virtio-win.vfd image but while installing > drivers didn’t get loaded. > > > > Please guide or let me know the proper way to install drivers. > > > > > > Vijay Sachdeva > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5XBYY54K62BYJGVDLJOQNEMKT6GIAZE7/ > >
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