[PVE-User] need help regarding Virtio

[Phil Stoneman]

On 19/05/11 13:40, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
>   i want to install windows 2003 on virtio drive for testing purpose but
> can not find the way how to, actually when i boot VM from 2003 CD it
> says HD not found. i know it is because XP can not recognize Virtio
> Drive but there must be a work around which i dont know. please help. i
> did some research but fail :(

I managed to do it by following 
http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Paravirtualized_Block_Drivers_for_Windows#Adding_a_temporary_drive

Basically, start off by creating it as an IDE drive, and install windows 
on there. Then after you've installed, persuade Windows to install the 
virtio drivers, then shut it down and undefine/redefine the OS drive as 
virtio.