Chapter 3. Installing and configuring the para-virtualized drivers

3.1. Creating the guest
3.2. Installing the para-virtualized drivers
3.3. Post-installation host configuration

These sections detail installing and configuring the para-virtualized drivers for Microsoft Windows guests on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

An important note

The para-virtualized drivers do not support guest booting from a para-virtualized disk. Booting the guest still requires the an emulated IDE driver. Files contained in the Windows directory cannot use the para-virtualized drivers.

3.1. Creating the guest

The para-virtualized device drivers must be installed after the successful creation and installation of the guest operating system. Creating new Microsoft Windows virtualized guests is outside the scope of this document.

For information on creating guests refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Guide for information on installing Microsoft Windows virtualized guests. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Guide can be downloaded from www.redhat.com/docs.