Windows guests - build ISOs including VirtIO drivers
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Build ISOs including VirtIO drivers
Prep Machine
- Launch a fast Windows 7 box and create a folder c:\tmp
- install AIK for Windows 7 (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5753)
- install an ISO editor such as UltraIso
- unpack inject-drivers.zip to c:\tmp
Prep and extract isos
- copy all your Windows ISOs to folders c:\tmp\win7, c:\tmp\win2008, c:\tmp\win8, c:\tmp\win2012, etc
- extract sources\boot.wim and sources\install.wim from each iso and put them in the same folder as the iso
- get the lastest virtio-win-x.x-xx.iso and extract the drivers into the VirtIO folder for each OS (e.g. WIN8\AMD64\*.* from the iso goes into c:\tmp\win8\VirtIO\ and into c:\tmp\win2012\VirtIO\)
use AIK
- Start All Programs -> Microsoft Windows AIK -> Deployment Tools Command Prompt (Run as Administrator)
- check how many indexes your install.wim has (e.g. dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:c:\tmp\win2008\install.wim). Windows 2008 has up to 8 indexes
- Set the variable IDX in each winxxxx-inject.bat to the number of indices you found in each install.wim (e.g. IDX=8)
- For each OS there is a SetupComplete.cmd. This script is always executed by the Windows installation as a final step. Make sure it contains the ballon service installer. You may add other commands to it.
inject drivers and write wim files back to isos
- launch multiple winxxxx-inject.bat sequentially and uninterrupted, e.g.: winpe-inject.bat && win7-inject.bat && win2008-inject.bat && win8-inject.bat && win2012-inject.bat
- alternatively you can run multiple batch commands in parallel by launching multiple instances of "Deployment Tools Command Prompt" as Administrator
- for each iso use UltraISO to copy boot.wim and install.wim back to the sources folder of the ISO file
virtio drivers
Use virtio dirvers for best performance. More info: Paravirtualized Block Drivers for Windows
latest iso with virtio drivers : http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/