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Does this do the hard bit, ie installing virtio drivers during conversion?

• justinclift 3y ago
  Oh, that would be a smart move. :) If it doesn't, any idea if it's something they could automate easily?
  • rwmj 3y ago
    In recent versions: virt-customize -a disk.img --inject-virtio-win <METHOD> https://libguestfs.org/virt-customize.1.html https://libguestfs.org/virt-customize.1.html However they'll also be missing out on all the other stuff that virt-v2v does.
• bityard 3y ago
  All of the most popular Linux distros tend have the virtio drivers installed by default.
  • rwmj 3y ago
    Not in the initramfs which is rather important if you want them to boot without having to use slow emulated IDE. Then there's Windows guests.
    • prmoustache 3y ago
      It have been years since I used windows VMs, can't you install .inf driver's file beforehand?
      • rwmj 3y ago
        Windows needs at least the boot block device driver to be installed before conversion (else it cannot find the boot disk), and there are many other changes you need to make. Virt-v2v does all this stuff during conversion, and it's hard to get right.