[MOVED] Windows 7 VM installation drivers

Latest response

[Note: The Groups area will soon be archived. This topic has been moved to the new community discussion area, so head over and check it out.]

Hi,

I have a problem regarding the installation of a vm windows 7. When I try to install windows 7 I need a driver for the optical drive scsi which is the viostor.inf, but the driver doesn't want to work even if I use the last version of the virtio-win (1.6.5).

I follow this procedure:

https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/65576

but the result is always the same, I have a message which tell me that the driver couldn't be found.

Did you have an idea about the cause of the problem, or is there a step that I forget?

PS: Most surprising it's work fine with windows XP!

Cordially

Anthony

AC
Log in to join the conversation

Responses

GS Expert Active Contributor 1269 points
14 August 2013 9:47 AM

Hey Anthony - The procedure in that KB article looks about right.  I have a few of these running just fine so I know it works.  You boot it from the Win7 ISO, then feed it the virtual floppy image to get the Viostor driver.  You want the virtio-win Viostor driver for your Windows 7 system disk, right?

Think of it as a physical Windows install on bare metal.  You boot the Windows 7 DVD, then feed it driver info from a floppy so it can see your system disk.  

Do you have other Windows VMs handy?  If so, for a diagnostic step, can you connect up to the viostor.vfd image such that it looks like a floppy drive for that other Windows VM?

- Greg

AC Active Contributor Newbie 179 points
14 August 2013 2:22 PM

I want the Viostor driver for the windows system disk because I can't access to the choose disk step, I'm blocked at the step before. I boot the Windows 7 DVD and then I feed it driver  from a floppy but whatever the version of the virtio-win it's always the same result, I can't go to the next step.

I don't have another Windows VMs because I can't intall one at least.

Cordially

Anthony

David Powles's picture Red Hat 25369 points
22 August 2013 11:06 AM

As the Groups will be archived in the next few days, I've migrated this topic over to the new Discussions area. You can continue it here: https://access.redhat.com/site/discussions/461123

Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.