Install windows 2012 R2 over KVM-virtualizaton

virtualization kvm-virtualization windows-server-2012-r2 virtio

Solution 1

This is how I currently do installs of Windows with virtio drivers at install:

Create the new VM with a genuine Windows installation ISO image. I cannot guarantee that anything will work if you use a pirated copy of Windows or if your ISO image download is incomplete or corrupt.
Choose to customize the machine configuration before install.
Select the IDE hard drive, and change its type to VirtIO. Click Apply.
Select the IDE CDROM, and change its type to SATA. Click Apply.
Click Add Hardware, then add a second SATA CDROM drive with the virtio-win.iso image.
(Optional) Also change your virtual NIC to VirtIO. You'll be able to install its drivers after Windows is installed, and this will prevent you from having an annoying "Ethernet 2" later.

Click Begin Installation and begin installing Windows.

When Setup asks you where to install Windows, click Load Driver.
On the next page. click Browse, and browse to the \viostor\2k12R2\amd64 folder on the second CD drive, virtio-win-0.1.xx.

$Select E:\viostor\2k12R2\amd64$
The Red Hat VirtIO SCSI Controller will appear. Click Next.
Now your virtual disk is successfully detected. Enjoy!

When installation is complete, you can use the virtio-win CD to install drivers for the remaining hardware, such as your NIC, balloon driver, etc. Open up Device Manager to see which devices need to have drivers loaded. And when you're done with installing drivers, you can remove the second virtual CDROM drive from the virtual machine.

Finally, if you intend to sysprep this image, e.g. to create a golden master, press CtrlShiftF3 here to go directly to audit mode.

Press Ctrl-Shift-F3 when Windows starts for the first time to enter audit mode

Windows Server 2012 R2 audit mode

(And to upgrade the video driver, see another answer I wrote).

Solution 2

The main problem I had was getting the drivers. I downloaded mine from here https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers and was successful in getting win 2012 r2 working on KVM

I put a video up showing the entire process I used https://youtu.be/9SPCa4TKues

user855443

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

user855443 almost 2 years
I try to learn agda and use the tutorial. I paste code for two mutally recursive sets
```
module MoreSets where 

data List₁ (A B : Set) : Set
data List₂ (A B : Set) : Set

data List₁ (A B : Set) where
  []  :                 List₁ A B
  _∷_ : A → List₂ A B → List₁ A B

data List₂ (A B : Set) where
  _∷_ : B → List₁ A B → List₂ A B
```
and get the error
```
MoreSets.agda:6,12-23
Unexpected type signature for parameters A B
when checking the definition of List₁
```
I assume a trivial error but cannot see it.

What is a simple tutorial to learn agda for a Haskell programmer which does not go deep into category theory?
- 84104 almost 9 years
  
  The installation media seems okay to me. My equivalent is SW_DVD5_Windows_Svr_Std_and_DataCtr_2012_R2_64Bit_English_Co‌re_MLF_X19-05182.ISO‌.
Jaime Uriel Torres Serrano almost 9 years

Why I can not add a SATA CDROM ? Only IDE
Michael Hampton almost 9 years

Probably because you're using old versions of libvirt, virt-manager or KVM. It should be OK to use IDE for both of the CDROM drives. But you may also want to upgrade your Linux distribution. I'm using Fedora 22 here.
Jaime Uriel Torres Serrano almost 9 years

My Windows Server 2012 R2 media was downloaded incomplete. I was confused. Windows installer suggest that I need a driver: "Falta un controlador de medios que tu PC necesita. Puede ser un controlador de DVD, USB o disco duro. Si tienes .." and it never suggest failure on media installer.
Alexandr Zarubkin almost 4 years

Any results? :-)
user855443 over 2 years

I understand that the error is due to the tutorial I follow is out of date by several years. Is there a (not too mathematical theory heavy) text to learn agda?