On Sun, 05/14 19:39, jenia.ivlev wrote: > > I wanted to get more graphics memory on my QEMU Windows client. > > I decided to install **Virtio** drivers for QEMU to achieve that purpose. > > I create an *imagine_file* like this: > > > qemu-img create -f raw image_file 4G > > > Also, I ran the windows-install like this: > > > qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4G -cdrom "OS.iso" -boot order=c -drive > file=image_file,if=virtio > > > But when Windows ran, it didn't find any hard-drive (the *image_file* > basically). It asked for some drivers instead. I think it wanted drivers > to communicate with the hard-drive (*image_file*). > > Running the install without Virtio works though: > > > qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4G -cdrom "OS.iso" -boot order=d -drive > file=image_file,format=raw > > > The difference betweeen the two commands is: > > > order=c vs order=d > > > and > > > if=virtio vs format=raw > > > How do I install windows with Virtio in QEMU? > > My original goal is to get 512 MB of graphics memory on Windows (running > as a guest in QEMU). Unfortunately, by default (no Virtio) I get 8MB of > video memory which is not enough for my purposes > > > Thanks > > P.S. My OS is Arch-Linux
Since you use ArchLinux, wiki.archlinux.org is rather helpful, as always. Yes, you need virtio drivers: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/QEMU#New_Install_of_Windows Fam
