CentOS virt - Feb 2016 - virtio not installing correctly

Zoltan Frombach writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I did many physical (Windows) to virtual (kvm) conversions before. The
> instructions in general are good here:
> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Boot_from_virtio_block_device , so yes, you
> must add a dummy ("fake") 2nd disk drive to the guest first, boot
up the
> guest, install the virtio drivers to that 2nd virtual HDD and after that
you
> can shutdown the guest, remove the dummy drive from the guest's config
and
> switch the original 1st disk's setting from IDE to virtio. The whole
reason
> for adding a 2nd dummy disk is the ability to install the virtio driver
> inside Windows while it is booted up from an IDE disk.
Yes, I understand the process and am following it. But XP is throwing a spanner
in the works here by not completing the viostor installation process. Should I
maybe try with latest rather than stable (.112 vs. .102)?

On 2/2/2016 12:05 PM, isdtor wrote:
> Zoltan Frombach writes:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I did many physical (Windows) to virtual (kvm) conversions before. The
>> instructions in general are good here:
>> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Boot_from_virtio_block_device , so yes,
you
>> must add a dummy ("fake") 2nd disk drive to the guest first,
boot up the
>> guest, install the virtio drivers to that 2nd virtual HDD and after
that you
>> can shutdown the guest, remove the dummy drive from the guest's
config and
>> switch the original 1st disk's setting from IDE to virtio. The
whole reason
>> for adding a 2nd dummy disk is the ability to install the virtio driver
>> inside Windows while it is booted up from an IDE disk.
> Yes, I understand the process and am following it. But XP is throwing a
spanner in the works here by not completing the viostor installation process.
Should I maybe try with latest rather than stable (.112 vs. .102)?
I'm not sure if that is going to make any difference. I use the latest 
myself ( .112 )

Are you sure that the spinning wheel is not caused by the driver driver 
signature verification? Maybe try to upgrade the "root certificates"
via
Windows Updates first. Or try to disable driver signature checking 
temporarily:
https://support.hidemyass.com/hc/en-us/articles/202723596-How-to-disable-Driver-Signing-check-on-Windows
I definitely had this driver signature problem with an old Windows 7 a 
couple of weeks ago. In Windows 7, I didn't get a forever spinning 
wheel, instead it popped up an error message.

Zoltan

> I'm not sure if that is going to make any difference. I use the latest
> myself ( .112 )
> 
> Are you sure that the spinning wheel is not caused by the driver driver
> signature verification? Maybe try to upgrade the "root
certificates" via
It's XP, not 7. Driver installation commences (pages flying from folder to
folder animation), and the machine had all the latest updates installed by the
time XP went out of support.

I think I will try the latest virtio. Pretty much stuck right now.