Re: [Libguestfs] Help with Win10

On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 04:50:09PM -0800, Joshua Pincus wrote: > Mr Jones, > > I recently came across your excellent 2010 blog entry, > https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/tip-install-a-device-driver-in-a-wi... . > The blog entry was incredibly useful for Win7. I was wondering if you have > any similar insights for Win10? The CDDB is gone, and it's replacement, or > partial replacement, the DeviceDriver database, doesn't seem to serve a > similar purpose. > > My problem is this: I have a Win10 installation that was installed natively > onto physical media using the standard Intel storage drivers. In short, I > want to do precisely that you detailed in your 2010 entry under Win10; I > want to boot that native installation using the current RedHat viostor > driver. Win10 keeps hitting me with an 0x7B error, and it's rather > difficult to get into debugger mode. If I install Win7 and then try > booting Win7 using viostor as you detailed, it works perfectly. Win10 does > not. Any insights? See: https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/blob/master/v2v/windows_virtio.ml Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any software inside the virtual machine. Supports Linux and Windows. http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/