[Users] virtio-win packaging [Was Re: Installing Windows VMs]

[Andrew Cathrow]

----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Bob Doolittle" <bob at doolittle.us.com>
> To: "Greg Sheremeta" <gshereme at redhat.com>
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:29:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Users] virtio-win packaging [Was Re: Installing Windows
> VMs]

> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Greg Sheremeta < gshereme at redhat.com
> > wrote:

> > ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > > From: "Sandro Bonazzola" < sbonazzo at redhat.com >
> 
> > > To: "Greg Sheremeta" < gshereme at redhat.com >, "Bob Doolittle" <
> > > bob at doolittle.us.com >
> 
> > > Cc: users at ovirt.org , "Alon Bar-Lev" < alonbl at redhat.com >
> 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 4:30:11 AM
> 
> > > Subject: virtio-win packaging [Was Re: [Users] Installing Windows
> > > VMs]
> 
> > >
> 
> > > Il 05/11/2013 03:47, Greg Sheremeta ha scritto:
> 
> > > >
> 
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > > >> From: "Bob Doolittle" < bob at doolittle.us.com >
> 
> > > >> To: users at ovirt.org
> 
> > > >> Sent: Monday, November 4, 2013 6:43:00 PM
> 
> > > >> Subject: [Users] Installing Windows VMs
> 
> > > >>
> 
> > > >> In the QuickStart Guide, it implies that you should find a
> > > >> virtual
> 
> > > >> floppy image for virtio-win in the ISO_DOMAIN. Or at least I
> > > >> can
> > > >> find no
> 
> > > >> information on where to find/populate that image before the
> > > >> Guide shows
> 
> > > >> its use.
> 
> > > >>
> 
> > > >> However, in my default 3.3 installation, there was nothing
> > > >> pre-populated
> 
> > > >> in my ISO_DOMAIN. Should there have been?
> 
> > > >>
> 
> > > >> Regards,
> 
> > > >> Bob
> 
> > > >>
> 
> > > >
> 
> > > > I've never seen that happen on any of my installs.
> 
> > > >
> 
> > > > You can grab the drivers at
> 
> > > > http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/
> 
> > >
> 
> > > Anyone would like to step in for packaging virtio-win so we can
> > > add
> > > it to
> 
> > > ovirt repository?
> 
> > > So we can add it as dependency and have ISO_DOMAIN populated.
> 
> > >
> 
> > >
> 

> > I can take it, if alonbl doesn't mind me asking him a few questions
> > about packaging :)
> 

> > Bug 1026930 - Package virtio-win and put it in ovirt repositories
> > (I'll do this)
> 
> > Bug 1026933 - pre-populate ISO domain with virtio-win ISO (depends
> > on
> > 1026930, need someone to take)
> 

> This is great!

> Should we also consider pre-populating the Guest Additions, such as
> the SPICE optimized driver?

Might need to have different manifest in the virtual floppy that the VFD based on the size limitations
eg. just enough (virtio-blk,net) in VFD but all in ISO.

> -Bob

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