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Windows doc patch #578

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windows VM qvm-prefs should be HVM and no kernel
adubois Feb 9, 2018
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Windows 64bit requires 2GB of RAM minimum
adubois Feb 9, 2018
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2GB is not sufficiant. 4GB required.
adubois Feb 9, 2018
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Windows for R4 documentation
adubois Feb 9, 2018
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Dom0 should be prepended with --cdrom option
adubois Feb 12, 2018
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fixed travis typo errors
adubois Feb 12, 2018
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typo grrr
adubois Feb 12, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ qvm-create win7 --hvm --label green

The name of the domain ("win7") as well as its label ("green") are just exemplary of course.

**Note:** It is unnecessary for Qubes 4 users to pass in the `--hvm` switch. To create a StandaloneVM in Qubes 4, use the --class option, as VMs are template-based by default:
**Note:** To create a StandaloneVM in Qubes R4, use the --class option, as VMs are template-based by default

~~~
qvm-create win7 --class StandaloneVM --label green
qvm-create win7 --class StandaloneVM --property virt_mode=hvm --property kernel="" --property memory=4096 --property maxmem=4096 --property debug=True --label green
qvm-features win7 video-model cirrus
~~~

If you receive an error like this one, then you must first enable VT-x in your BIOS:
Expand All @@ -52,10 +53,12 @@ libvirt.libvirtError: invalid argument: could not find capabilities for arch=x86
Now we need to install an OS inside this VM. This can be done by attaching an installation ISO to and starting the VM (this can currently only be done from command line, but in the future we will surely add an option to do this also from the manager):

~~~
qvm-start win7 --cdrom=/usr/local/iso/win7_en.iso
qvm-start win7 --cdrom=DispVM:/home/user/win7.iso
or
qvm-start win7 --cdrom=dom0:/usr/local/iso/win7_en.iso
~~~

The above command assumes the installation ISO was transferred to Dom0 (copied using `dd` command from an installation CDROM for example). If one wishes to use the actual physical media without copying it first to a file, then one can just pass `/dev/cdrom` as an argument to `--cdrom`:
The above first command assumes the installation ISO was transferred to a DispVM (copied using `dd` command from an installation CDROM for example). The second is for when the iso is in Dom0, which is not recommended. If one wishes to use the actual physical media without copying it first to a file, then one can just pass `/dev/cdrom` as an argument to `--cdrom`:

~~~
qvm-start win7 --cdrom=/dev/cdrom
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