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Runabove and windows 2003 server
Dear All,
I have got windows 2003 r2 license but I think its iso might lack the newer drivers so how can I installed it on runabove instance. Any help regarding it? If anyone has a iso which has updated drivers I would appreciate if they can share. Also help will be greatly appreciated regarding installing windows 2003 server on runabove.
Thanks
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You don't install Windows on RunAbove, you install it locally using qemu, upload the hd image to RunAbove, and then launch an instance from there.
https://community.runabove.com/kb/en/instances/how-to-create-a-custom-image-for-runabove.html
I'm in the process of doing this now, and saving the image is taking forever (over 2 hours now). Not sure if it has stalled or if I should just give it more time...
2003 R2 extended support ends this year. It should not be used connected to the Internet anymore.
@Ree thanks for the info. I will check this out and work on it. I think it would be better if you wait for the process to complete, might just complete in more time.
@MikHo yes I know that the support ends but I am only using this for a couple of months and nothing crucial will be running on it.
My stand is that I would never install it unless really needed since installing all updates since release would take longer then the actual install.
6 hours later the image is finally out of the "Saving" state and available for use. But now trying to create an instance results in this error:
Error: Failed to launch instance "instance_name": Please try again later [Error: No valid host was found. ].
Googling seems to indicate this may mean there are no resources available to create a new instance of the requested size, so I'll have to try again in a little while to see if it goes away.
EDIT: After several attempts I gave in and deleted my existing instance, hoping that would free up the resources needed for a new instance, and it worked.
Doesn't help you with Windows 2003, but Windows 7 / 2008 R2 and up can have an image created VERY easily with this: https://github.com/cloudbase/windows-openstack-imaging-tools/
@Ree thanks for the help. I am looking into github