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This because you are putting the ISO in RAM. You need at least 8GB RAM if you doing this.
You can try to creating partition for the ISO using fdisk http://www.howtogeek.com/106873/how-to-use-fdisk-to-manage-partitions-on-linux/ try to creating 2 partitions and put your ISO in partitions 2. If you have 250GB disk, partition 1 -> 200GB, partition 2 -> 50GB. Make sure to format your second partition using mkfs.ext4 and mount it.
Edit: regarding partitions you can even creating 1 partition and leave other space as unallocated space, Windows setup will do the rest.
well I got now a second hdd on my server. how can I download the iso to the second one?
Format those drive and mount it to /mnt folder.
Edit: Google it for more info.
Here are the commands for this, assuming that the secondary drive is at /dev/sdb (execute
fdisk -l
to make sure):You can download the ISO and store it at /mnt afterwards, which would store it on your second HDD:
I have read your tutorial about WSI install windows,I have a C2D E8200 and installed windows server 2003 successfully and using a script to set the network to static IP,but it doesn't work after reboot.What should I do?
What is your network interface on QEMU? make sure its match. You can write multi line with multiple network interface name.
In QEMU it shows Inter(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection,and in Grml it's Qualcomm Atheros AR8131
I added Ethernet2 & 3 just now and reboot but still failed to ping and connect RDP.
No I mean the network interface name under "Network Connectons".
I noticed it called Local Area Connection,and I tried to add a new connection called Ethernet but failed.
It should named:
And so on.
I tried but still failed. Does it the problem of the driver? 2003 doesn't have the driver of Atheros AR8131? I tried to install 8131 driver via VNC but it says no device found. BTW,how can you install win8-64? I loaded the iso but failed,showing can't allocated memory.
Bravo @edan . Kudos for you! $10 for a Win dedi sounds very nice!
That's cool but it's not that easy for me,I've been trying for days,still failed
Tell us your error, then. Maybe we can help
btw, clean Windows ISOs (legal):
https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/techbench
The problem is that the server can't be online once after reboot. I did all the things,using script to change IP,close firewall and enable RDP,but still failed.
I used QEMU to recheck the script and sure that the script works.
And it's hard to debug because I don't know where to find error logs.
For driver using pnputil:
Read this comments https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/1726797/#Comment_1726797
Do you use task scheduler?
Ask them to add free additional HDD so becomes 2 x 250GB (Soft Raid 1)
Well C2D CPU, 4GB RAM, 2 x250GB @ $10/m for US dedicated server is so da** cheap
first of all, PLEASE do NOT use 2003! It is EOL. It seems the problem is with your network driver, pal.
Thanks,I'll try again
But I can't install win8 or server 2008 due to memory allocate problem,I'll try again once the another HDD is installed.
I think you can install win8 with 1GB RAM... have you tried sshfs for the iso?
Seems he put the ISO on RAM so no more RAM left.
It is not practical way to run Windows inside virtualization only just because you can't install it natively. In most cases you'll loose up to 20% of possible performance of your server.
I can suggest to try to install Windows natively using following steps.
https://wimlib.net/man1/wimlib-imagex-apply.html
hardest part You need to prepare Unattend.xml , which must contain at least Administrator account password and network settings for your server (IP,MASK,GW,MAC)
(oobeSystem pass and specialize pass)
You can search for already prepared Unattend.xml on gitgub.
Unattend.xml must be placed to /windows/Panther/Unattend.xml
Reboot.
If your provider can boot you WinPE with VNCserver , you can remotely install Windows from WinPE environment. grub4dos will be replaced with bcdedit and wimlib with DISM.exe
I understand that this is not ready to copy-paste-execute manual, but I can confirm that such installation is possible and.
Practice with your local VM environment like VirtualBox to achieve suitable Unattend.xml script will save you a lot of time.
This is bare-metal actually.
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@edan @netomx I successfully installed win8.1-64 and everything works fine in VNC but once I reboot I lost the Internet connection. I did close the firewall,added script to task scheduler,enabled RDP and using pnputil.exe to add an official inf to drivestore but still failed
Did you choose options force to rerun the scripts when its fail?
No,I didn't see this option,I did reboot inside the QEMU and ensure the script changed the IP then I go to the control panel to reboot the server.
I tried win 2003,8.1 and now 2008 all failed.
Make sure to execute the scripts again if it fails "if the tasks fails, restart every" under settings. I choose every 3 minutes. You can delete the task later.
Succeed,it's the driver to blame,I change a driver and it works perfectly,thanks
I've followed this process and Windows 10 installed fine, however I think I'm missing the proper network driver as I couldn't RDP in after reboot. The box is a Online XC 2016, which is their custom hardware. Seems to be an Intel NIC, but does anyone know the correct driver to use for the XC 2016 with Windows 10? Thanks so much!