6.3. Creating a fully virtualized Windows Server 2003 SP1 Guest
Start the installation with virt-manager
or virt-install
.
Itanium support
Presently, Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts on the Itanium® architecture do not support fully virtualized windows guests. This section only applies to x86 and x86-64 hosts.
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Using virt-install
for installing Windows Server 2003 as the console for the Windows guest opens the virt-viewer window promptly. An example of using the virt-install
for installing a Windows Server 2003 guest:
# virt-install -hvm -s 5 -f /var/lib/xen/images/windows2003spi1.dsk \
-n windows2003sp1 -cdrom=/xen/trees/ISO/WIN/en_windows_server_2003_sp1.iso \
-vnc -r 1024
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Once the guest boots into the installation you must quickly press
F5
. If you do not press
F5
at the right time you will need to restart the installation. Pressing
F5
allows you to select different
HAL
or
Computer Type
. Choose Standard PC
as the Computer Type. This is the only non standard step required.
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Complete the rest of the installation.
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Windows Server 2003 is now installed as a fully virtualized guest.