From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3468C433F5 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80277611C6 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232560AbhIVNnF (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:43:05 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]:32290 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232050AbhIVNnE (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:43:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1632318093; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=AoRgYfPGAxyUTr8iwhyKmCXSgOV4FJeNaVwSJn1d/sE=; b=hldCE99Z4ZXodVSv9VKx3FHlsKUKOl/UdvUYXNHltOb1y/llb1a6mgDTetHXSLlLVBk4wH 2g+7p+nCcsDN1otr9nEpwUte10/yMXlQEtx6zcEe89QuWEiUc9HPDchcIfCqPLYdXAnwvq SK0RuQNzkmu5UtzwsRzioWz1N/+2ql8= Received: from mail-wr1-f72.google.com (mail-wr1-f72.google.com [209.85.221.72]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-19-lBpg6f5zNpacSEo7i36RkA-1; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:41:32 -0400 X-MC-Unique: lBpg6f5zNpacSEo7i36RkA-1 Received: by mail-wr1-f72.google.com with SMTP id m1-20020a056000180100b0015e1ec30ac3so2204431wrh.8 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:41:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=AoRgYfPGAxyUTr8iwhyKmCXSgOV4FJeNaVwSJn1d/sE=; b=3ODDgHtLr4yw4qiuuA6uyA1sa294tzNoG4CEyDWwHtsb/t1SNlDqBy3/ROZeOy0SYm 6r94nzmHWnXEHeJAvhQgd/CebxH9uHG6LdddfJc9cEjwgsFeIP3FXCgwVeXFednb3h3j E2eV3G2cjJuXLROlIWP6qG/D3CpDD06vxZytozqS2OD88hAishmQhn0bLDTrphceIm+v r2GcPbdhpgQKDCGmxr8P1Ma2tbOC0EaFTv4zaTRwM0jEwRKdsMsBxEAB11AkCGQ2cUr3 GB/gzj/tf8MTvzKoPObEWSDhIZVy1FWe7bmoGmS8vZWZt89ylvdk2VWX+Rf5yDy/1RVN Z3WA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533Voc/z0kXdNy0VJmm+FnvilYfyTaJ8mLqa6LvVEFiePvzLCfy/ TgS6GyL2h62RtzwQNMrM4SqbgPtxpbqltC1eXFmTPbbDzo2UUOeBsS6iv+zBsi3SL5g8QUZbYAu Md3zGMRqmK3Q83TRFurkpPr+fzBujPlUP2Lu2iKlp0SP8jQRwkhSm+SsjqKxXZxwA X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4d92:: with SMTP id b18mr42150219wru.245.1632318091490; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:41:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyGINcO8L+ILk9ixvKyeWuwFNJJKeXsFBDooHDZPIjHohljjSyfzqZc0ncw2UvbycKaVfyPeA== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4d92:: with SMTP id b18mr42150199wru.245.1632318091300; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:41:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vitty.brq.redhat.com (g-server-2.ign.cz. [91.219.240.2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o1sm2248164wru.91.2021.09.22.06.41.30 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:41:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Vitaly Kuznetsov To: mattias Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: vhd file with windows In-Reply-To: <4f679440-113d-60be-4c84-e5cfaffab4ca@gmail.com> References: <4f679440-113d-60be-4c84-e5cfaffab4ca@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:41:29 +0200 Message-ID: <87zgs47mnq.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: kvm@vger.kernel.org mattias writes: > if i have a vhd image created by e.g virtualbox > > can i boot it with kvm? With QEMU/KVM, yes, you can use something like (old but still supported syntax): $ qemu-system-x86_64 -name guest=win10 -machine q35,accel=kvm -cpu ... -m ... -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/ws2019_gen1.vhdx,format=vhdx,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 -vnc :1 alternatively, you can convert the image to QCOW2: $ qemu-img convert -O qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/ws2019_gen1.vhdx /var/lib/libvirt/images/ws2019_gen1.qcow2 -- Vitaly