Re: virtual machine from USB stick (virt-manager & qemu/kvm)
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> wrote:
> [Resending, as this doesn't seem to have made it to the list]
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:39:19AM +0300, Eugene Zhukov wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to create a VM with Windows 7. Is there a way to do that from USB stick? It is a ~10GB corporate Windows package.
>
> I presume the USB stick is your install medium? That is, you're not
> trying to install TO the USB stick, but you're trying to install FROM
> the USB stick TO a virtual machine on your hard drive.
>
Correct.
> In that case, when creating your VM in Virtual-Manager, add your target
> device as Disk 1, then also add a USB Host Device, selecting the USB
> stick as your device. Now, boot the virtual machine and install as if on
> a real machine (i.e. following the installer's manual).
>
I'm using Virtual Machine Manager 0.9.5. When I'm going through create
new VM wizard it doesn't even have USB stick option, the only local
options are CDROM, DVDROM or ISO image.
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