How do you install the VirtIO driver for Windows from an ISO during the installation of the operating system in SolusVM

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Question

How do you install the VirtIO driver for Windows from an ISO during the installation of the operating system?

Answer

 1. Connect to the CR via SSH

2. Download an ISO with Virttio drivers to /var/lib/libvirt/images/ directory ( https://github.com/virtio-win/virtio-win-pkg-scripts/blob/master/README.md )

3. Open the VM's config file:

# virsh edit UUID

4. Add the following block (it adds previously downloaded ISO as a CDROM;
/var/lib/libvirt/images/virtio-win.iso- is a path where you downloaded the file. It can be different if you stored the iso in a different directory)

<disk type='file' device='cdrom'> 
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/virtio-win.iso'/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
<readonly/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>

4. Restart the VM and continue the OS installation through VNC.

 

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