How to Download and Install Windows 10 ISO on Virtual Machine using KVM

Are you looking for a way to install Windows 10 on a virtual machine using KVM? Look no further! This article will guide you through the process of downloading and installing Windows 10 ISO on a virtual machine using KVM.

The first step is to create a raw disk image for Windows 10. You can do this by running the command `qemu-img create -f raw win10.img 30G`. This will create a 30GB raw disk image called `win10.img` in your home directory.

Next, you need to download the Windows 10 ISO file and place it in the `vm` directory. You can do this by running the command `cd vm && wget https://.../windows_10_iso.zip`. Adjust the path as necessary if that is not the case.

Once you have downloaded the ISO file, you can start your virtual machine and begin the Windows 10 installation process. To do this, run the command `qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2048 -vnc :0 -device virtio-blk-device,bus=virtio-mmio.0,drive=hd0 -drive if=none,id=hd0,file=/home/user/win10.img,format=raw`. This will start your virtual machine and begin the Windows 10 installation process.

Note that this script assumes that the two ISO files downloaded earlier were placed in the `vm` directory we created. Also, make sure to adjust the path as necessary if that is not the case.

Additionally, it's worth noting that Raw disk images offer better performance than the commonly-used QCOW2 format. In this tutorial, we are going to create a 30GB raw disk image for Windows 10.

If you are using an automatically-built kernel, it is likely that kernel support for KVM is already available. However, if you build your kernel from scratch, please see the KVM page for detailed instructions on how to enable KVM.

Lastly, if you plan to run Windows 10 on a Funtoo Linux system that you will connect to remotely using SPICE, please follow the SPICE section for tweaks that you will need to make to these instructions.

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