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Failed with RHEL windows kvm viostor driver

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gmlexx
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Joined: Sep 5 2009
Points: 2

Hello all,

I'v downloaded last viostor driver for windows from URL in post
http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/preview-redhat-54-windows-virtio-driver... and trying to use it on my server.

Host: Fedora 11 x86_64
Guest: Windows 2008

VM proccess:


root 22734 30.3 25.2 4441636 4120396 ? Sl 09:49 0:47 /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 4096 -smp 1 -name win02 -uuid cf0f322a-08e1-b231-1ba7-8c6216e482a7 -monitor pty -pidfile /var/run/libvirt/qemu//win02.pid -localtime -boot d -drive file=/mnt/win2008.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=0 -drive file=/mnt/virtio-setup-200908.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=1 -drive file=/dev/vg_app80/lv_win01,if=virtio,index=0 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:5f:45:72,vlan=0,model=virtio -net tap,fd=19,vlan=0 -serial pty -parallel none -usb -usbdevice tablet -vnc 0.0.0.0:0


--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/vg_app80/lv_win01
VG Name vg_app80
LV UUID LmNsgF-To0w-5ahy-SSSZ-Z2Wc-rNxg-ffT0Xu
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 30,00 GB
Current LE 7680
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 253:6

After start of installation process and choosing the "Red Hat VirtIO SCSI Controller" driver - windows installer has seen disk, but can't operate with them.

Any operation (e.g. create, delete or format partition) with disk fail with error 0x80070013.

I would appreciate any comments you might have.

Haydn Solomon
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Joined: Mar 7 2008
Points: 458
Re: Failed with RHEL windows kvm viostor driver

I haven't had any luck either which is why I haven't written that follow up post yet. I guess it's still not ready yet.

Haydn Solomon
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Joined: Mar 7 2008
Points: 458
Re: gmlexx

gmlexx,

See recent post on virtio block drivers.

http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/redhat-54-windows-virtio-drivers-part-2...

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