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Correct ISO file names in Windows 11 VM setup
Updated the ISO file names for Windows 11 and virtio drivers in the setup instructions. Signed-off-by: Edoardo Piscitelli <[email protected]>
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2. Create a new directory on your desktop or wherever, naming it to whatever you want, i.e. let's say, `windows11` using `mkdir windows11` via an appropriate terminal application or right clicking and making a directory on your desktop.
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3. Go into that directory with `cd windows11`
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4. Download a Windows 11 ISO, appropriately the Windows 11 Professional build for ARM64 [here](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11arm64). Feel free to rename it to a good name like `windows-11.iso` using `mv` in your appropriate terminal application of choice.
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5. Along with that ISO, it would be good to use the virtio-drivers to better improve performance of the machine. Feel free to download it [here](https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/wiki/Driver-installation) and renaming it appropriately to `win11-virtio.iso`.
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5. Along with that ISO, it would be good to use the virtio-drivers to better improve performance of the machine. Feel free to download it [here](https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/wiki/Driver-installation) and renaming it appropriately to `virtio-win.iso`.
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6. Create a virtual disk for your Windows 11 VM by using the command: `qemu-img create -f qcow2 win11.qcow2 25G` and adjusting it to how much disk space you would want, 25GB is a placeholder.
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7. Here we are going to create a startup script for our Windows 11 VM. Create a file named `win11.sh` and make sure it is executable with `chmod +x win11.sh`. The contents should be:
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``` {.md .copy}
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-device qemu-xhci \
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-device ramfb \
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-device usb-storage,drive=install \
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-drive if=none,id=install,format=raw,media=cdrom,file=windows-11-iot.iso \
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-drive if=none,id=install,format=raw,media=cdrom,file=windows-11.iso \
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-device usb-storage,drive=virtio-drivers \
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-drive if=none,id=virtio-drivers,format=raw,media=cdrom,file=virtio-win.iso \
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-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 \
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After installation, you can remove the two ISOs and remove the following 4 lines from the win11.sh script:
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``` md
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-device usb-storage,drive=install \
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-drive if=none,id=install,format=raw,media=cdrom,file=windows-11-iot.iso \
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-drive if=none,id=install,format=raw,media=cdrom,file=windows-11.iso \
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-device usb-storage,drive=virtio-drivers \
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-drive if=none,id=virtio-drivers,format=raw,media=cdrom,file=virtio-win.iso \
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```

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