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| − | Using [[Paravirtualized Block Drivers for Windows]] can dramatically improve Windows guest performance but installing them can be a bit of a fuss. This Tutorial shows you how you can inject all VirtIO drivers into all of your Windows install ISOs in one step. This makes it really easy to deploy Windows with the | + | Using [[Paravirtualized Block Drivers for Windows]] can dramatically improve Windows guest performance but installing them can be a bit of a fuss. This Tutorial shows you how you can inject all VirtIO drivers into all of your Windows install ISOs in one step using Windows® Automated Installation Kit and some batch files. This makes it really easy to deploy Windows with the most efficient hardware/driver configuration. |
| − | ==Prep Machine== | + | == Prep Machine == |
* Launch a fast Windows 7 box and create a folder c:\tmp | * Launch a fast Windows 7 box and create a folder c:\tmp | ||
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| − | == Prep and extract isos== | + | == Prep and extract isos == |
* copy all your Windows ISOs to folders c:\tmp\win7, c:\tmp\win2008, c:\tmp\win8, c:\tmp\win2012, etc | * 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 (e.g. by using UltraISO) and put them in the same folder as the iso | * extract sources\boot.wim and sources\install.wim from each iso (e.g. by using UltraISO) and put them in the same folder as the iso | ||
| − | * get the latest [ | + | * get the latest [https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-virtio/ 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) | * Start All Programs -> Microsoft Windows AIK -> Deployment Tools Command Prompt (Run as Administrator) | ||
* check how many indices your install.wim has (e.g. dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:c:\tmp\win2008\install.wim). Windows 2008 has up to 8 indices | * check how many indices your install.wim has (e.g. dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:c:\tmp\win2008\install.wim). Windows 2008 has up to 8 indices | ||
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dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:c:\tmp\win2008\install.wim | dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:c:\tmp\win2008\install.wim | ||
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The operation completed successfully. | The operation completed successfully. | ||
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* Set the variable IDX in each winxxxx-inject.bat to the number of indices you found in each install.wim (e.g. IDX=8) | * 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. | * 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 etc. | * launch multiple winxxxx-inject.bat sequentially and uninterrupted, e.g.: winpe-inject.bat && win7-inject.bat etc. | ||
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* for each iso use UltraISO to copy boot.wim and install.wim back to the sources folder of the ISO file | * for each iso use UltraISO to copy boot.wim and install.wim back to the sources folder of the ISO file | ||
| − | === | + | === Example batch file win2012-inject.bat === |
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@echo off | @echo off | ||
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:eof | :eof | ||
| − | </ | + | </pre> |
| − | =Additional Info= | + | == Additional Info == |
| − | + | Now that you have changed all your ISO files to include Paravirtualized drivers you no longer need IDE drives or a E1000 network adapter. | |
| + | Always select VirtIO for the Disk Controller and VirtIO when selecting a network card in the Creation Wizard. | ||
| − | + | == See also == | |
| − | + | * [[Windows 2012 guest best practices]] | |
| − | + | * [[Windows 2008 guest best practices]] | |
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[[Category: HOWTO]] | [[Category: HOWTO]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:25, 3 October 2016
Using Paravirtualized Block Drivers for Windows can dramatically improve Windows guest performance but installing them can be a bit of a fuss. This Tutorial shows you how you can inject all VirtIO drivers into all of your Windows install ISOs in one step using Windows® Automated Installation Kit and some batch files. This makes it really easy to deploy Windows with the most efficient hardware/driver configuration.
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 File:Inject-virtio-drivers.zip batch files 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 (e.g. by using UltraISO) and put them in the same folder as the iso
- get the latest 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 indices your install.wim has (e.g. dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:c:\tmp\win2008\install.wim). Windows 2008 has up to 8 indices
dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:c:\tmp\win2008\install.wim . . Index : 7 Name : Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEB Description : Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEB Size : 10,538,107,020 bytes Index : 8 Name : Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEBCORE Description : Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEBCORE Size : 3,580,635,107 bytes The operation completed successfully.
- 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 etc.
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
Example batch file win2012-inject.bat
@echo off set MyOS=win2012 set IDX=4 if not exist c:\tmp\%MyOS%\virtio\blnsvr.exe (echo Please copy the VirtIO drivers to c:\tmp\%MyOS%\VirtIO\ first && goto :eof) rem **********(1,1,2) means 2 loops ************************* FOR /L %%i IN (1,1,2) DO ( ECHO Prepping %MyOS% boot.wim - Index %%i if not exist c:\tmp\%MyOS%\bootwim\%%i mkdir c:\tmp\%MyOS%\bootwim\%%i imagex /mountrw c:\tmp\%MyOS%\boot.wim %%i c:\tmp\%MyOS%\bootwim\%%i dism /image:c:\tmp\%MyOS%\bootwim\%%i /add-driver /driver:c:\tmp\%MyOS%\virtio /Recurse /ForceUnsigned imagex /unmount /commit c:\tmp\%MyOS%\bootwim\%%i ) FOR /L %%i IN (1,1,%IDX%) DO ( ECHO Prepping %MyOS% install.wim - Index %%i if not exist c:\tmp\%MyOS%\installwim\%%i mkdir c:\tmp\%MyOS%\installwim\%%i imagex /mountrw c:\tmp\%MyOS%\install.wim %%i c:\tmp\%MyOS%\installwim\%%i dism /image:c:\tmp\%MyOS%\installwim\%%i /add-driver /driver:c:\tmp\%MyOS%\virtio /Recurse /ForceUnsigned xcopy /Y c:\tmp\%MyOS%\VirtIO "C:\tmp\%MyOS%\installwim\%%i\Program Files\VirtIO\" xcopy /Y c:\tmp\%MyOS%\SetupComplete.cmd "C:\tmp\%MyOS%\installwim\%%i\Windows\Setup\Scripts\" imagex /unmount /commit c:\tmp\%MyOS%\installwim\%%i ) :eof
Additional Info
Now that you have changed all your ISO files to include Paravirtualized drivers you no longer need IDE drives or a E1000 network adapter. Always select VirtIO for the Disk Controller and VirtIO when selecting a network card in the Creation Wizard.