OK, thanks. I might try that flow next time. In the end I managed to tab/arrow through the start menu to install the drivers from the virtio-win.iso. I'll now install the guest tools.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 5:55 PM Alex McWhirter <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never had any of these issues... These are my usual windows steps. > > 1. boot fresh vm into windows ISO image installer. > > 2. when i get to disk screen (blank because i use VirtIO-SCSI), change > windows ISO to ovirt guest tools ISO > > 3. click load drivers, browse, load VirtIO-SCSI driver from CD, go back to > disk screen. > > 4. swap ovirt guest tools ISO for Windows ISO, click refresh, then install > on HDD. > > 5. when windows boots, swap ISO's again and run the ovirt guest tools > installer. Sometimes my mouse breaks at this point, but i can click restart > in the admin portal and after that all is well. > > > On 2020-04-02 12:30, Shareef Jalloq wrote: > > I can't seem to do anything. If I hit the Windows key and start typing, I > get a black popup with no options. Win+R doesn't do anything aside from > spit out a GSpice critical error in the terminal I'm running remote-viewer > from. > > You spend a week trying to launch a VM and when you do, you can't do > nowt. :-) > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 5:24 PM Robert Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have yet to figure that one out. All of the VM's I built I had to go old > school with the tab key and arrow keys... > > Very annoying.. > > ________________________________________ > From: Shareef Jalloq <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 12:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Robert Webb; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Re: Windows VirtIO drivers > > Any idea what I need to do to get a working mouse in a Windows VM? I can > click on the SPICE viewer but the mouse pointer is fixed to the left hand > border. > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 4:38 PM Shareef Jalloq <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Sorry, I missed all these replies. Thanks for the help. > > I just noticed something funny in the Windows installer. When you get to > the point where it can't find any installation media, if you Load Driver, a > popup appears with a Browse and OK/Cancel options. I assumed that I should > be browsing to the floppy here but if you do that, you get an error that no > signed drivers can be found. Instead, you just have to hit OK when the > popup appears and that somehow finds the drivers. > > I'm assuming that I will need to install the network driver once the > installation has finished? > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 8:37 PM <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > Ok. Personally, I like having an ISO repository, but I like the fact that's > it will be optional. > Thanks. > > Eric Evans > Digital Data Services LLC. > 304.660.9080 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Webb <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 4:26 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; > 'Shareef Jalloq' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Re: Windows VirtIO drivers > > It does work that way. > > I found that out as I was testing oVirt and had not created a separate ISO > Domain. I believe it was Strahil who pointed me in the right direction. > > So if one does not have an ISO Domain, it is no longer required. Along with > the fact that ISO Domains are or in the process of being deprecated. > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> < > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 3:13 PM > To: Robert Webb; 'Shareef Jalloq'; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [ovirt-users] Re: Windows VirtIO drivers > > That may be true, but in the ISO domain, when you open virt viewer you can > change the cd very easily...maybe it works that way as well.. > > Eric Evans > Digital Data Services LLC. > 304.660.9080 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Webb <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:35 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; > 'Shareef Jalloq' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: Windows VirtIO drivers > > Don't think you have to use the ISO Domain any longer. > > You can upload to a Data Domain and when you highlight the VM in the > management GUI, select the three dots in the top left for extra options and > there is a change cd option. That option will allow for attaching an ISO > from a Data Domain. > > That is what I recall when I was using oVirt a month or so ago. > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> < > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:28 PM > To: 'Shareef Jalloq'; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: Windows VirtIO drivers > > You have to copy the iso and vfd files to the ISO domain to make them > available to the vm's that need drivers. > > engine-iso-uploader options list > # engine-iso-uploader options upload file file file Documentation is found > here: https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Utilities.html > > Eric Evans > Digital Data Services LLC. > 304.660.9080 > [cid:[email protected]] > > From: Shareef Jalloq <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 1:51 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [ovirt-users] Windows VirtIO drivers > > Hi, > > it seems the online documentation regarding the windows installation steps > is well out of date. Where is there any current documentation on where to > get the VirtIO drivers for a Windows installation? > > From a bit of Googling, it seems that I need to 'yum install virtio-win' on > the engine VM and then copy the relevant .iso/.vfd to the ISO domain. Is > that correct? > > Where is the documentation maintained and how do I open a bug on it? > > Thanks, Shareef. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/INER3JHFDN23FRIK6ED6SRHM4ZBIRZ23/ > > >
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